diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index d11fd28efa6a2f6aa4b08ad6143a11628c88ad74..538f65a79ec5694eb16bd80567238eb320de0703 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2328,7 +2328,12 @@ static noinline long btrfs_ioctl_clone(struct file *file, unsigned long srcfd,
 			else
 				new_key.offset = destoff;
 
-			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+			/*
+			 * 1 - adjusting old extent (we may have to split it)
+			 * 1 - add new extent
+			 * 1 - inode update
+			 */
+			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 3);
 			if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 				goto out;