diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 763a3671b7afca..b5c5a0f590a326 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2693,6 +2693,9 @@ 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);
 	}