diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index f15cf46f1b9d2332515f8dad722d2df7949bedc6..4ec2b660d014fcef0b71650ff23bf140722368d1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1871,6 +1871,21 @@ static void cleanup_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, int err)
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Release reserved delayed ref space of all pending block groups of the
+ * transaction and remove them from the list
+ */
+static void btrfs_cleanup_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
+{
+       struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = trans->fs_info;
+       struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group, *tmp;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(block_group, tmp, &trans->new_bgs, bg_list) {
+               btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_release(fs_info, 1);
+               list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
+       }
+}
+
 static inline int btrfs_start_delalloc_flush(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	/*
@@ -2262,6 +2277,7 @@ int btrfs_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
 	btrfs_scrub_continue(fs_info);
 cleanup_transaction:
 	btrfs_trans_release_metadata(trans);
+	btrfs_cleanup_pending_block_groups(trans);
 	btrfs_trans_release_chunk_metadata(trans);
 	trans->block_rsv = NULL;
 	btrfs_warn(fs_info, "Skipping commit of aborted transaction.");