diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index aafcc785f840..d564a7049d7f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2056,6 +2056,8 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	len = (u64)end - (u64)start + 1;
 	trace_btrfs_sync_file(file, datasync);
 
+	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx, inode);
+
 	/*
 	 * We write the dirty pages in the range and wait until they complete
 	 * out of the ->i_mutex. If so, we can flush the dirty pages by
@@ -2202,8 +2204,6 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	}
 	trans->sync = true;
 
-	btrfs_init_log_ctx(&ctx, inode);
-
 	ret = btrfs_log_dentry_safe(trans, root, dentry, start, end, &ctx);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		/* Fallthrough and commit/free transaction. */
@@ -2261,6 +2261,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 	}
 out:
+	ASSERT(list_empty(&ctx.list));
 	err = file_check_and_advance_wb_err(file);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index c800d067fcbf..d3002842d7f6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -4100,7 +4100,7 @@ static int log_one_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	if (ordered_io_err) {
 		ctx->io_err = -EIO;
-		return 0;
+		return ctx->io_err;
 	}
 
 	btrfs_init_map_token(&token);