diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index bf06962d49f3..dfe3827ec369 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ int btrfs_remove_qgroup(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 qgroupid)
 					struct btrfs_qgroup_list, next_group);
 		ret = __del_qgroup_relation(trans, qgroupid,
 					    list->group->qgroupid);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
 	}