diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 72195378bef9851dedc56a82953efdb6ba8113d6..6297701bc19c2f55b6c0bc8b4dea9f344621b72e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_SPACE_CACHE		(1 << 12)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_CLEAR_CACHE		(1 << 13)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_USER_SUBVOL_RM_ALLOWED (1 << 14)
+#define BTRFS_MOUNT_ENOSPC_DEBUG	 (1 << 15)
 
 #define btrfs_clear_opt(o, opt)		((o) &= ~BTRFS_MOUNT_##opt)
 #define btrfs_set_opt(o, opt)		((o) |= BTRFS_MOUNT_##opt)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a7aaa10c5302224e4e1f025a72e2d8a630aca218..d375fc04a06524b1d717454d99a4329c03a78798 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5377,7 +5377,7 @@ int btrfs_reserve_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			       num_bytes, data, 1);
 		goto again;
 	}
-	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+	if (ret == -ENOSPC && btrfs_test_opt(root, ENOSPC_DEBUG)) {
 		struct btrfs_space_info *sinfo;
 
 		sinfo = __find_space_info(root->fs_info, data);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 0209b5fc772c9dffe4caf18a5e2c120a5ed7d0a6..db0a827252bd0809917324a702ee6f4d79c6c892 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ enum {
 	Opt_nossd, Opt_ssd_spread, Opt_thread_pool, Opt_noacl, Opt_compress,
 	Opt_compress_type, Opt_compress_force, Opt_compress_force_type,
 	Opt_notreelog, Opt_ratio, Opt_flushoncommit, Opt_discard,
-	Opt_space_cache, Opt_clear_cache, Opt_user_subvol_rm_allowed, Opt_err,
+	Opt_space_cache, Opt_clear_cache, Opt_user_subvol_rm_allowed,
+	Opt_enospc_debug, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static match_table_t tokens = {
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_space_cache, "space_cache"},
 	{Opt_clear_cache, "clear_cache"},
 	{Opt_user_subvol_rm_allowed, "user_subvol_rm_allowed"},
+	{Opt_enospc_debug, "enospc_debug"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
 };
 
@@ -358,6 +360,9 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 		case Opt_user_subvol_rm_allowed:
 			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, USER_SUBVOL_RM_ALLOWED);
 			break;
+		case Opt_enospc_debug:
+			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, ENOSPC_DEBUG);
+			break;
 		case Opt_err:
 			printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: unrecognized mount option "
 			       "'%s'\n", p);