diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 3670595742107..ae4380a7f88ea 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ int lookup_inline_extent_backref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 "extent item not found for insert, bytenr %llu num_bytes %llu parent %llu root_objectid %llu owner %llu offset %llu",
 			  bytenr, num_bytes, parent, root_objectid, owner,
 			  offset);
-		ret = -EIO;
+		ret = -EUCLEAN;
 		goto out;
 	}