diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5621818..36bc3f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2357,6 +2357,7 @@
 		 */
 		if (is_bad_inode(inode)) {
 			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+			BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
 			btrfs_orphan_del(trans, inode);
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 			iput(inode);