diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 6934a5b8708fedd0dcd0c3f6bce201f0d795d1d5..66fa39632cdea7c3a00a1a68c5762e0be26e9bf4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1185,21 +1185,8 @@ static int inc_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, int force)
 	struct btrfs_space_info *sinfo = cache->space_info;
 	u64 num_bytes;
 	u64 sinfo_used;
-	u64 min_allocable_bytes;
 	int ret = -ENOSPC;
 
-	/*
-	 * We need some metadata space and system metadata space for
-	 * allocating chunks in some corner cases until we force to set
-	 * it to be readonly.
-	 */
-	if ((sinfo->flags &
-	     (BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM | BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA)) &&
-	    !force)
-		min_allocable_bytes = SZ_1M;
-	else
-		min_allocable_bytes = 0;
-
 	spin_lock(&sinfo->lock);
 	spin_lock(&cache->lock);
 
@@ -1217,10 +1204,9 @@ static int inc_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, int force)
 	 * sinfo_used + num_bytes should always <= sinfo->total_bytes.
 	 *
 	 * Here we make sure if we mark this bg RO, we still have enough
-	 * free space as buffer (if min_allocable_bytes is not 0).
+	 * free space as buffer.
 	 */
-	if (sinfo_used + num_bytes + min_allocable_bytes <=
-	    sinfo->total_bytes) {
+	if (sinfo_used + num_bytes <= sinfo->total_bytes) {
 		sinfo->bytes_readonly += num_bytes;
 		cache->ro++;
 		list_add_tail(&cache->ro_list, &sinfo->ro_bgs);
@@ -1233,8 +1219,8 @@ static int inc_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_block_group *cache, int force)
 		btrfs_info(cache->fs_info,
 			"unable to make block group %llu ro", cache->start);
 		btrfs_info(cache->fs_info,
-			"sinfo_used=%llu bg_num_bytes=%llu min_allocable=%llu",
-			sinfo_used, num_bytes, min_allocable_bytes);
+			"sinfo_used=%llu bg_num_bytes=%llu",
+			sinfo_used, num_bytes);
 		btrfs_dump_space_info(cache->fs_info, cache->space_info, 0, 0);
 	}
 	return ret;