diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 461baad8760c..4e9e751c99fa 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ static int record_root_in_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       int force)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if ((test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_SHAREABLE, &root->state) &&
 	    root->last_trans < trans->transid) || force) {
@@ -461,11 +462,11 @@ static int record_root_in_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 * lock.  smp_wmb() makes sure that all the writes above are
 		 * done before we pop in the zero below
 		 */
-		btrfs_init_reloc_root(trans, root);
+		ret = btrfs_init_reloc_root(trans, root);
 		smp_mb__before_atomic();
 		clear_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_IN_TRANS_SETUP, &root->state);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }