1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index ab07557bac07..18e84472abb5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -2737,8 +2737,7 @@ int btrfs_insert_empty_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
         nritems = btrfs_header_nritems(leaf);
         data_end = leaf_data_end(root, leaf);
 
-        if (btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) <
-            sizeof(struct btrfs_item) + total_size) {
+        if (btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf) < total_size) {
                 btrfs_print_leaf(root, leaf);
                 printk("not enough freespace need %u have %d\n",
                        total_size, btrfs_leaf_free_space(root, leaf));