diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 9632d0ff2038a..367bb87b66df3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ int btrfs_setxattr_trans(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 	inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, BTRFS_I(inode));
-	BUG_ON(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 out:
 	if (start_trans)
 		btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
@@ -416,7 +417,8 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_handler_set_prop(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 		inode_inc_iversion(inode);
 		inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
 		ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, BTRFS_I(inode));
-		BUG_ON(ret);
+		if (ret)
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 	}
 
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);