1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 5b158da7e0bb..4583008217e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 {
         struct btrfs_trans_handle *h;
         struct btrfs_transaction *cur_trans;
+        int retries = 0;
         int ret;
 
         if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
@@ -224,10 +225,18 @@ again:
 
         if (num_items > 0) {
                 ret = btrfs_trans_reserve_metadata(h, root, num_items);
-                if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+                if (ret == -EAGAIN && !retries) {
+                        retries++;
                         btrfs_commit_transaction(h, root);
                         goto again;
+                } else if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+                        /*
+                         * We have already retried and got EAGAIN, so really we
+                         * don't have space, so set ret to -ENOSPC.
+                         */
+                        ret = -ENOSPC;
                 }
+
                 if (ret < 0) {
                         btrfs_end_transaction(h, root);
                         return ERR_PTR(ret);