diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a4b2b03cd682b74cb5417765c466bb1ea5647da5..d119c0388af1b22b6f39a50bb1e3f890106d6b64 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@ int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 		spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
 
 		/* commit the current transaction and try again */
-		if (!committed) {
+		if (!committed && !root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans) {
 			committed = 1;
 			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
 			if (!trans)