diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 5805ac2078f2..7d86e9c8909e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3969,7 +3969,6 @@ static long _btrfs_ioctl_set_received_subvol(struct file *file,
 					  BTRFS_UUID_KEY_RECEIVED_SUBVOL,
 					  btrfs_root_id(root));
 		if (unlikely(ret && ret != -ENOENT)) {
-		        btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
 		        btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
 		        goto out;
 		}