diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index f1ecb938ba4d..84d37b4ab230 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1750,20 +1750,24 @@ static int btrfs_rm_dev_item(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	key.offset = device->devid;
 
 	ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, root, &key, path, -1, 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto out;
-
-	if (ret > 0) {
-		ret = -ENOENT;
+	if (ret) {
+		if (ret > 0)
+			ret = -ENOENT;
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_del_item(trans, root, path);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+	}
+
 out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans);
 	return ret;
 }