diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5b9b6b6df242a67a4f38a14533d33e3643f4d836..0d0a3fe77bb73ee48da551446f08257008b5af7a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3089,6 +3089,13 @@ int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct inode *inode, u64 bytes)
 			}
 			goto again;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If we have less pinned bytes than we want to allocate then
+		 * don't bother committing the transaction, it won't help us.
+		 */
+		if (data_sinfo->bytes_pinned < bytes)
+			committed = 1;
 		spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
 
 		/* commit the current transaction and try again */