diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index d133edfcd449988f14f140f0115ab5069ae023b9..61fefda74ff54b0a40cdab7141369f6e236df85d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3997,7 +3997,7 @@ static int reserve_metadata_bytes(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	 * We make the other tasks wait for the flush only when we can flush
 	 * all things.
 	 */
-	if (ret && flush == BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL) {
+	if (ret && flush != BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH) {
 		flushing = true;
 		space_info->flush = 1;
 	}