diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 7b227a65078cb93f1bfa79c45ab312bf726c7fb4..01f4db6554a12696010c1d8dbe6e6e4863546712 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3931,7 +3931,8 @@ int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct inode *inode, u64 bytes)
 		 * don't bother committing the transaction.
 		 */
 		if (percpu_counter_compare(&data_sinfo->total_bytes_pinned,
-					   bytes) < 0)
+					   used + bytes -
+					   data_sinfo->total_bytes) < 0)
 			have_pinned_space = 0;
 		spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);