diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index b908960..94c0e42 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -596,12 +596,8 @@
 		ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans,
 					       root->fs_info->extent_root);
 	}
-	if (ret) {
-		/* cleanup_transaction has freed this for us */
-		if (trans->aborted)
-			pending_snapshot = NULL;
+	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
-	}
 
 	ret = pending_snapshot->error;
 	if (ret)