diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 99545df1b86..d8982e9601d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void __btrfs_abort_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			     function, line, errstr);
 		return;
 	}
-	trans->transaction->aborted = errno;
+	ACCESS_ONCE(trans->transaction->aborted) = errno;
 	__btrfs_std_error(root->fs_info, function, line, errno, NULL);
 }
 /*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 87fac9a21ea..0ef29611fad 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 	}
 
-	if (cur_trans->aborted) {
+	/* Stop the commit early if ->aborted is set */
+	if (unlikely(ACCESS_ONCE(cur_trans->aborted))) {
 		ret = cur_trans->aborted;
 		goto cleanup_transaction;
 	}