1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index 79b522779aa4..401cb00a55d6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -4434,9 +4434,12 @@ xfs_free_file_space(
         while (!error && !done) {
 
                 /*
-                 * allocate and setup the transaction
+                 * allocate and setup the transaction. Allow this
+                 * transaction to dip into the reserve blocks to ensure
+                 * the freeing of the space succeeds at ENOSPC.
                  */
                 tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DIOSTRAT);
+                tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
                 error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp,
                                           resblks,
                                           XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp),