diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index 4d8f8a8c9c90..29e75fba5376 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -1076,6 +1076,14 @@ err_out:
 	btrfs_delayed_inode_release_metadata(root, node);
 	btrfs_release_delayed_inode(node);
 
+	/*
+	 * If we fail to update the delayed inode we need to abort the
+	 * transaction, because we could leave the inode with the improper
+	 * counts behind.
+	 */
+	if (ret && ret != -ENOENT)
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+
 	return ret;
 
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