diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index eb8bd0258360..2f4802f405a2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -5074,12 +5074,14 @@ struct extent_buffer *alloc_test_extent_buffer(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		return eb;
 	eb = alloc_dummy_extent_buffer(fs_info, start);
 	if (!eb)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	eb->fs_info = fs_info;
 again:
 	ret = radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		exists = ERR_PTR(ret);
 		goto free_eb;
+	}
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->buffer_lock);
 	ret = radix_tree_insert(&fs_info->buffer_radix,
 				start >> PAGE_SHIFT, eb);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
index 1a846bf6e197..914eea5ba6a7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/free-space-tree-tests.c
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ static int run_test(test_func_t test_func, int bitmaps, u32 sectorsize,
 	root->fs_info->tree_root = root;
 
 	root->node = alloc_test_extent_buffer(root->fs_info, nodesize);
-	if (!root->node) {
+	if (IS_ERR(root->node)) {
 		test_std_err(TEST_ALLOC_EXTENT_BUFFER);
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(root->node);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	btrfs_set_header_level(root->node, 0);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
index 09aaca1efd62..ac035a6fa003 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tests/qgroup-tests.c
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ int btrfs_test_qgroups(u32 sectorsize, u32 nodesize)
 	 * *cough*backref walking code*cough*
 	 */
 	root->node = alloc_test_extent_buffer(root->fs_info, nodesize);
-	if (!root->node) {
+	if (IS_ERR(root->node)) {
 		test_err("couldn't allocate dummy buffer");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(root->node);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	btrfs_set_header_level(root->node, 0);