diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 029892887fc1f364bb53cbfbd273f4fda0aeb8f4..92df0a5d1d942c56d48d754ec4b4f901ce984c29 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -257,10 +257,13 @@ static noinline int cow_file_range_inline(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	ret = insert_inline_extent(trans, root, inode, start,
 				   inline_len, compressed_size,
 				   compress_type, compressed_pages);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
 		return ret;
+	} else if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+		return 1;
 	}
+
 	btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, end + 1 - start);
 	btrfs_drop_extent_cache(inode, start, aligned_end - 1, 0);
 	return 0;