2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index e0ad5f0f895e..700879ed64cf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3384,6 +3384,9 @@ static int should_alloc_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 
         /* 256MB or 2% of the FS */
         thresh = max_t(u64, 256 * 1024 * 1024, div_factor_fine(thresh, 2));
+        /* system chunks need a much small threshold */
+        if (sinfo->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)
+                thresh = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
 
         if (num_bytes > thresh && sinfo->bytes_used < div_factor(num_bytes, 8))
                 return 0;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 59e878f9fdcc..7ffdb154daec 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ static int __btrfs_alloc_chunk(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
                         max_stripe_size = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
                 max_chunk_size = max_stripe_size;
         } else if (type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM) {
-                max_stripe_size = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
+                max_stripe_size = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
                 max_chunk_size = 2 * max_stripe_size;
         } else {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: invalid chunk type 0x%llx requested\n",