diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c4ea7d8bea0f..281ff354f64f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1075,7 +1075,8 @@ int btrfs_alloc_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	key.type = BTRFS_DEV_EXTENT_KEY;
 	ret = btrfs_insert_empty_item(trans, root, path, &key,
 				      sizeof(*extent));
-	BUG_ON(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
 
 	leaf = path->nodes[0];
 	extent = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, path->slots[0],
@@ -1090,6 +1091,7 @@ int btrfs_alloc_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	btrfs_set_dev_extent_length(leaf, extent, num_bytes);
 	btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(leaf);
+out:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	return ret;
 }