diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 92e38ed19aa1..3c090549ed07 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -4040,11 +4040,8 @@ static noinline int copy_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						fs_info->csum_root,
 						ds + cs, ds + cs + cl - 1,
 						&ordered_sums, 0);
-				if (ret) {
-					btrfs_release_path(dst_path);
-					kfree(ins_data);
-					return ret;
-				}
+				if (ret)
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -4057,7 +4054,6 @@ static noinline int copy_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * we have to do this after the loop above to avoid changing the
 	 * log tree while trying to change the log tree.
 	 */
-	ret = 0;
 	while (!list_empty(&ordered_sums)) {
 		struct btrfs_ordered_sum *sums = list_entry(ordered_sums.next,
 						   struct btrfs_ordered_sum,