diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 1843aa3a4b5615..2a66ad9cdab01f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2690,6 +2690,9 @@ int btrfs_start_dirty_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs_lock);
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
+		spin_lock(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs_lock);
+		list_splice_init(&dirty, &cur_trans->dirty_bgs);
+		spin_unlock(&cur_trans->dirty_bgs_lock);
 		btrfs_cleanup_dirty_bgs(cur_trans, fs_info);
 	}