diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 37e0a800d34e3a867437a9c1b2072e51a7ccc743..eccef6c062379d85e1cf5c3dbf40d4b77f8417b5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5260,11 +5260,10 @@ static int get_block_group_index(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache)
 }
 
 enum btrfs_loop_type {
-	LOOP_FIND_IDEAL = 0,
-	LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT = 1,
-	LOOP_CACHING_WAIT = 2,
-	LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK = 3,
-	LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE = 4,
+	LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT = 0,
+	LOOP_CACHING_WAIT = 1,
+	LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK = 2,
+	LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE = 3,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -5300,8 +5299,6 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	bool failed_alloc = false;
 	bool use_cluster = true;
 	bool have_caching_bg = false;
-	u64 ideal_cache_percent = 0;
-	u64 ideal_cache_offset = 0;
 
 	WARN_ON(num_bytes < root->sectorsize);
 	btrfs_set_key_type(ins, BTRFS_EXTENT_ITEM_KEY);
@@ -5351,7 +5348,6 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		empty_cluster = 0;
 
 	if (search_start == hint_byte) {
-ideal_cache:
 		block_group = btrfs_lookup_block_group(root->fs_info,
 						       search_start);
 		used_block_group = block_group;
@@ -5363,8 +5359,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		 * picked out then we don't care that the block group is cached.
 		 */
 		if (block_group && block_group_bits(block_group, data) &&
-		    (block_group->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_NO ||
-		     search_start == ideal_cache_offset)) {
+		    block_group->cached != BTRFS_CACHE_NO) {
 			down_read(&space_info->groups_sem);
 			if (list_empty(&block_group->list) ||
 			    block_group->ro) {
@@ -5418,44 +5413,12 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 have_block_group:
 		cached = block_group_cache_done(block_group);
 		if (unlikely(!cached)) {
-			u64 free_percent;
-
 			found_uncached_bg = true;
 			ret = cache_block_group(block_group, trans,
-						orig_root, 1);
-			if (block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED)
-				goto alloc;
-
-			free_percent = btrfs_block_group_used(&block_group->item);
-			free_percent *= 100;
-			free_percent = div64_u64(free_percent,
-						 block_group->key.offset);
-			free_percent = 100 - free_percent;
-			if (free_percent > ideal_cache_percent &&
-			    likely(!block_group->ro)) {
-				ideal_cache_offset = block_group->key.objectid;
-				ideal_cache_percent = free_percent;
-			}
-
-			/*
-			 * The caching workers are limited to 2 threads, so we
-			 * can queue as much work as we care to.
-			 */
-			if (loop > LOOP_FIND_IDEAL) {
-				ret = cache_block_group(block_group, trans,
-							orig_root, 0);
-				BUG_ON(ret);
-			}
-
-			/*
-			 * If loop is set for cached only, try the next block
-			 * group.
-			 */
-			if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL)
-				goto loop;
+						orig_root, 0);
+			BUG_ON(ret);
 		}
 
-alloc:
 		if (unlikely(block_group->ro))
 			goto loop;
 
@@ -5661,9 +5624,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	if (!ins->objectid && ++index < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES)
 		goto search;
 
-	/* LOOP_FIND_IDEAL, only search caching/cached bg's, and don't wait for
-	 *			for them to make caching progress.  Also
-	 *			determine the best possible bg to cache
+	/*
 	 * LOOP_CACHING_NOWAIT, search partially cached block groups, kicking
 	 *			caching kthreads as we move along
 	 * LOOP_CACHING_WAIT, search everything, and wait if our bg is caching
@@ -5673,45 +5634,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 */
 	if (!ins->objectid && loop < LOOP_NO_EMPTY_SIZE) {
 		index = 0;
-		if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL && found_uncached_bg) {
-			found_uncached_bg = false;
-			loop++;
-			if (!ideal_cache_percent)
-				goto search;
-
-			/*
-			 * 1 of the following 2 things have happened so far
-			 *
-			 * 1) We found an ideal block group for caching that
-			 * is mostly full and will cache quickly, so we might
-			 * as well wait for it.
-			 *
-			 * 2) We searched for cached only and we didn't find
-			 * anything, and we didn't start any caching kthreads
-			 * either, so chances are we will loop through and
-			 * start a couple caching kthreads, and then come back
-			 * around and just wait for them.  This will be slower
-			 * because we will have 2 caching kthreads reading at
-			 * the same time when we could have just started one
-			 * and waited for it to get far enough to give us an
-			 * allocation, so go ahead and go to the wait caching
-			 * loop.
-			 */
-			loop = LOOP_CACHING_WAIT;
-			search_start = ideal_cache_offset;
-			ideal_cache_percent = 0;
-			goto ideal_cache;
-		} else if (loop == LOOP_FIND_IDEAL) {
-			/*
-			 * Didn't find a uncached bg, wait on anything we find
-			 * next.
-			 */
-			loop = LOOP_CACHING_WAIT;
-			goto search;
-		}
-
 		loop++;
-
 		if (loop == LOOP_ALLOC_CHUNK) {
 		       if (allowed_chunk_alloc) {
 				ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root, num_bytes +