diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index a1a40cf382e3..7ab5e0128f0c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ int btrfs_add_delayed_tree_ref(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
 
 	if (qrecord_inserted)
-		return btrfs_qgroup_trace_extent_post(fs_info, record);
+		btrfs_qgroup_trace_extent_post(fs_info, record);
+
 	return 0;
 
 free_head_ref:
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 9e61dd624f7b..aa259d6986e1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1442,8 +1442,13 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_trace_extent_post(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = btrfs_find_all_roots(NULL, fs_info, bytenr, 0, &old_root, false);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		fs_info->qgroup_flags |= BTRFS_QGROUP_STATUS_FLAG_INCONSISTENT;
+		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
+"error accounting new delayed refs extent (err code: %d), quota inconsistent",
+			ret);
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Here we don't need to get the lock of