diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 81fa75a8e1f3..41c510b7cc11 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ out:
  *
  * This function writes out a free space cache struct to disk for quick recovery
  * on mount.  This will return 0 if it was successfull in writing the cache out,
- * and -1 if it was not.
+ * or an errno if it was not.
  */
 static int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 				   struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
@@ -1235,12 +1235,12 @@ static int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	int must_iput = 0;
 
 	if (!i_size_read(inode))
-		return -1;
+		return -EIO;
 
 	WARN_ON(io_ctl->pages);
 	ret = io_ctl_init(io_ctl, inode, root, 1);
 	if (ret)
-		return -1;
+		return ret;
 
 	if (block_group && (block_group->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA)) {
 		down_write(&block_group->data_rwsem);
@@ -1258,7 +1258,9 @@ static int __btrfs_write_out_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 
 	/* Lock all pages first so we can lock the extent safely. */
-	io_ctl_prepare_pages(io_ctl, inode, 0);
+	ret = io_ctl_prepare_pages(io_ctl, inode, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	lock_extent_bits(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, 0, i_size_read(inode) - 1,
 			 0, &cached_state);