diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
index bd605c87adfd..3dd0693bad78 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c
@@ -900,7 +900,8 @@ static int find_parent_nodes(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (ref->count && ref->root_id && ref->parent == 0) {
 			/* no parent == root of tree */
 			ret = ulist_add(roots, ref->root_id, 0, GFP_NOFS);
-			BUG_ON(ret < 0);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
 		}
 		if (ref->count && ref->parent) {
 			struct extent_inode_elem *eie = NULL;
@@ -920,6 +921,8 @@ static int find_parent_nodes(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			ret = ulist_add_merge(refs, ref->parent,
 					      (uintptr_t)ref->inode_list,
 					      (u64 *)&eie, GFP_NOFS);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto out;
 			if (!ret && extent_item_pos) {
 				/*
 				 * we've recorded that parent, so we must extend
@@ -930,7 +933,6 @@ static int find_parent_nodes(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					eie = eie->next;
 				eie->next = ref->inode_list;
 			}
-			BUG_ON(ret < 0);
 		}
 		kfree(ref);
 	}