diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c4cff5cc9c93..a29730c44850 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -9362,6 +9362,7 @@ int btrfs_drop_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	ret = btrfs_del_root(trans, tree_root, &root->root_key);
 	if (ret) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		err = ret;
 		goto out_end_trans;
 	}