diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 7af618dcf2c09f0e7a217e850ad1c84fdd4a7b22..ff6bbfd75cf7b4f0788fd5380b35461ea54615f3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5646,6 +5646,7 @@ use_block_rsv(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	      struct btrfs_root *root, u32 blocksize)
 {
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *global_rsv = &root->fs_info->global_block_rsv;
 	int ret;
 
 	block_rsv = get_block_rsv(trans, root);
@@ -5653,14 +5654,39 @@ use_block_rsv(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (block_rsv->size == 0) {
 		ret = reserve_metadata_bytes(trans, root, block_rsv,
 					     blocksize, 0);
-		if (ret)
+		/*
+		 * If we couldn't reserve metadata bytes try and use some from
+		 * the global reserve.
+		 */
+		if (ret && block_rsv != global_rsv) {
+			ret = block_rsv_use_bytes(global_rsv, blocksize);
+			if (!ret)
+				return global_rsv;
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		} else if (ret) {
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		}
 		return block_rsv;
 	}
 
 	ret = block_rsv_use_bytes(block_rsv, blocksize);
 	if (!ret)
 		return block_rsv;
+	if (ret) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		ret = reserve_metadata_bytes(trans, root, block_rsv, blocksize,
+					     0);
+		if (!ret) {
+			spin_lock(&block_rsv->lock);
+			block_rsv->size += blocksize;
+			spin_unlock(&block_rsv->lock);
+			return block_rsv;
+		} else if (ret && block_rsv != global_rsv) {
+			ret = block_rsv_use_bytes(global_rsv, blocksize);
+			if (!ret)
+				return global_rsv;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 }