diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 9694a3ca1739..7af9665bebae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_release_path(path);
 
 	ret = btrfs_create_qgroup(trans, objectid);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret && ret != -EEXIST) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 		goto fail;
 	}