dentry = pending->dentry;
        parent_inode = pending->dir;
        parent_root = BTRFS_I(parent_inode)->root;
-       record_root_in_trans(trans, parent_root, 0);
-
+       ret = record_root_in_trans(trans, parent_root, 0);
+       if (ret)
+               goto fail;
        cur_time = current_time(parent_inode);
 
        /*
                goto fail;
        }
 
-       record_root_in_trans(trans, root, 0);
+       ret = record_root_in_trans(trans, root, 0);
+       if (ret) {
+               btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
+               goto fail;
+       }
        btrfs_set_root_last_snapshot(&root->root_item, trans->transid);
        memcpy(new_root_item, &root->root_item, sizeof(*new_root_item));
        btrfs_check_and_init_root_item(new_root_item);