diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index bb8d4d1a30ef..a4068be25996 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static noinline int drop_one_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	btrfs_dir_item_key_to_cpu(leaf, di, &location);
 	ret = read_alloc_one_name(leaf, di + 1, btrfs_dir_name_len(leaf, di), &name);
 	if (ret)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return ret;
 
 	btrfs_release_path(path);