1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index fe5b00986d2..4fc92cf813d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ again:
         else
                 min_free = calc_size;
 
+        /* we add 1MB because we never use the first 1MB of the device */
+        min_free += 1024 * 1024;
+
         /* build a private list of devices we will allocate from */
         while(index < num_stripes) {
                 device = list_entry(cur, struct btrfs_device, dev_list);