diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5d8da882d487..8da5e47db751 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,12 @@ int btrfs_finish_one_ordered(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered_extent)
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_ORDERED_NOCOW, &ordered_extent->flags)) {
 		/* Logic error */
-		BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ordered_extent->list));
+		ASSERT(list_empty(&ordered_extent->list));
+		if (!list_empty(&ordered_extent->list)) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		btrfs_inode_safe_disk_i_size_write(inode, 0);
 		ret = btrfs_update_inode_fallback(trans, inode);