diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a541bc87f04c81c1d3d612131e0fdbb14ab22115..ddaf6340fe7f75017a463cc78ae2314b597747d6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3413,7 +3413,7 @@ static int reserve_metadata_bytes(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * our reservation.
 	 */
 	if (unused <= space_info->total_bytes) {
-		unused -= space_info->total_bytes;
+		unused = space_info->total_bytes - unused;
 		if (unused >= num_bytes) {
 			if (!reserved)
 				space_info->bytes_reserved += orig_bytes;