diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/inode.c b/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
index 5cf70108ae2f..5b35dae89c13 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/inode.c
@@ -1533,5 +1533,6 @@ int bch2_delete_dead_inodes(struct bch_fs *c)
 		goto again;
 err:
 	bch2_trans_put(trans);
+	bch_err_fn(c, ret);
 	return ret;
 }