diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index d3862e7e4fee..0b86cf10cf2a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9117,7 +9117,8 @@ static int btrfs_truncate(struct inode *inode, bool skip_writeback)
 						 BTRFS_EXTENT_DATA_KEY);
 		trans->block_rsv = &fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
 		if (ret != -ENOSPC && ret != -EAGAIN) {
-			err = ret;
+			if (ret < 0)
+				err = ret;
 			break;
 		}