diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index edd82be..04b4fb9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 
 
 	trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
-	BUG_ON(!trans);
+	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
 
 	ret = btrfs_update_inode(trans, root, inode);
 	BUG_ON(ret);