diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 7ce48f1364f7..c4ed7015cc7d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -3176,9 +3176,8 @@ int relocate_tree_blocks(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		ret = relocate_tree_block(trans, rc, node, &block->key,
 					  path);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (ret != -EAGAIN || &block->rb_node == rb_first(blocks))
-				err = ret;
-			goto out;
+			err = ret;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 out:
@@ -4154,12 +4153,6 @@ restart:
 		if (!RB_EMPTY_ROOT(&blocks)) {
 			ret = relocate_tree_blocks(trans, rc, &blocks);
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				/*
-				 * if we fail to relocate tree blocks, force to update
-				 * backref cache when committing transaction.
-				 */
-				rc->backref_cache.last_trans = trans->transid - 1;
-
 				if (ret != -EAGAIN) {
 					err = ret;
 					break;