diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index d01631d47806..ed4e1c3705d0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -696,7 +696,10 @@ int btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						args->start - extent_offset,
 						0, false);
 				ret = btrfs_inc_extent_ref(trans, &ref);
-				BUG_ON(ret); /* -ENOMEM */
+				if (ret) {
+					btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 			key.offset = args->start;
 		}
@@ -783,7 +786,10 @@ int btrfs_drop_extents(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 						key.offset - extent_offset, 0,
 						false);
 				ret = btrfs_free_extent(trans, &ref);
-				BUG_ON(ret); /* -ENOMEM */
+				if (ret) {
+					btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+					break;
+				}
 				args->bytes_found += extent_end - key.offset;
 			}