1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5b9b6b6df242..0d0a3fe77bb7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3089,6 +3089,13 @@ alloc:
                         }
                         goto again;
                 }
+
+                /*
+                 * If we have less pinned bytes than we want to allocate then
+                 * don't bother committing the transaction, it won't help us.
+                 */
+                if (data_sinfo->bytes_pinned < bytes)
+                        committed = 1;
                 spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
 
                 /* commit the current transaction and try again */