diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5fa6a7816e78a42f8ea4570e0f7bf9ec4c7bfd78..a43554b0ab338645203efe385134d411944933e6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7230,6 +7230,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group = NULL;
 	u64 search_start = 0;
 	u64 max_extent_size = 0;
+	u64 max_free_space = 0;
 	u64 empty_cluster = 0;
 	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info;
 	int loop = 0;
@@ -7525,8 +7526,8 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 			if (ctl->free_space <
 			    num_bytes + empty_cluster + empty_size) {
-				if (ctl->free_space > max_extent_size)
-					max_extent_size = ctl->free_space;
+				max_free_space = max(max_free_space,
+						     ctl->free_space);
 				spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 				goto loop;
 			}
@@ -7693,6 +7694,8 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	}
 out:
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+		if (!max_extent_size)
+			max_extent_size = max_free_space;
 		spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
 		space_info->max_extent_size = max_extent_size;
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);