diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 035ea5bc692a..5707bf0575d4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -4073,7 +4073,7 @@ retry:
 	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state)) {
 		ret = flush_write_bio(&epd);
 	} else {
-		ret = -EUCLEAN;
+		ret = -EROFS;
 		end_write_bio(&epd, ret);
 	}
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index a7b043fd7a57..498b82414818 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -3717,7 +3717,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_supers(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = sctx->fs_info;
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state))
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EROFS;
 
 	/* Seed devices of a new filesystem has their own generation. */
 	if (scrub_dev->fs_devices != fs_info->fs_devices)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 54589e940f9a..465ddb297c38 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -873,7 +873,10 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (trans->aborted ||
 	    test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &info->fs_state)) {
 		wake_up_process(info->transaction_kthread);
-		err = -EIO;
+		if (TRANS_ABORTED(trans))
+			err = trans->aborted;
+		else
+			err = -EROFS;
 	}
 
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);