diff --git a/fs/btrfs/raid-stripe-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/raid-stripe-tree.c
index 1834011ccc49..cab0b291088c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/raid-stripe-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/raid-stripe-tree.c
@@ -329,11 +329,14 @@ int btrfs_insert_one_raid_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 
 	ret = btrfs_insert_item(trans, stripe_root, &stripe_key, stripe_extent,
 				item_size);
-	if (ret == -EEXIST)
+	if (ret == -EEXIST) {
 		ret = update_raid_extent_item(trans, &stripe_key, stripe_extent,
 					      item_size);
-	if (ret)
+		if (ret)
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+	} else if (ret) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+	}
 
 	kfree(stripe_extent);