diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c35b724a5611..77182be403c5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9873,6 +9873,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *insert_prealloc_file_extent(
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	u64 start = ins->objectid;
 	u64 len = ins->offset;
+	int qgroup_released;
 	int ret;
 
 	memset(&stack_fi, 0, sizeof(stack_fi));
@@ -9885,14 +9886,14 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *insert_prealloc_file_extent(
 	btrfs_set_stack_file_extent_compression(&stack_fi, BTRFS_COMPRESS_NONE);
 	/* Encryption and other encoding is reserved and all 0 */
 
-	ret = btrfs_qgroup_release_data(inode, file_offset, len);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	qgroup_released = btrfs_qgroup_release_data(inode, file_offset, len);
+	if (qgroup_released < 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(qgroup_released);
 
 	if (trans) {
 		ret = insert_reserved_file_extent(trans, inode,
 						  file_offset, &stack_fi,
-						  true, ret);
+						  true, qgroup_released);
 		if (ret)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		return trans;
@@ -9905,7 +9906,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *insert_prealloc_file_extent(
 	extent_info.file_offset = file_offset;
 	extent_info.extent_buf = (char *)&stack_fi;
 	extent_info.is_new_extent = true;
-	extent_info.qgroup_reserved = ret;
+	extent_info.qgroup_reserved = qgroup_released;
 	extent_info.insertions = 0;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();