static int btrfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
                      struct dentry *dentry)
 {
-       struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+       struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans = NULL;
        struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
        struct inode *inode = d_inode(old_dentry);
        u64 index;
        trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 5);
        if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(trans);
+               trans = NULL;
                goto fail;
        }
 
                btrfs_log_new_name(trans, inode, NULL, parent);
        }
 
-       btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
        btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 fail:
+       if (trans)
+               btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
        if (drop_inode) {
                inode_dec_link_count(inode);
                iput(inode);