diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 87b2554..2b59201 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1982,7 +1982,12 @@
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		ret = btrfs_recover_relocation(tree_root);
-		BUG_ON(ret);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "btrfs: failed to recover relocation\n");
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto fail_trans_kthread;
+		}
 	}
 
 	location.objectid = BTRFS_FS_TREE_OBJECTID;