diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index ecd9c4cdb0db934c900fa8723cff1bbfbe16bef3..13ab4de0a400cc672e298baff1ed69d40714483f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8502,6 +8502,7 @@ static int __btrfs_prealloc_file_range(struct inode *inode, int mode,
 	struct btrfs_key ins;
 	u64 cur_offset = start;
 	u64 i_size;
+	u64 cur_bytes;
 	int ret = 0;
 	bool own_trans = true;
 
@@ -8516,8 +8517,9 @@ static int __btrfs_prealloc_file_range(struct inode *inode, int mode,
 			}
 		}
 
-		ret = btrfs_reserve_extent(trans, root,
-					   min(num_bytes, 256ULL * 1024 * 1024),
+		cur_bytes = min(num_bytes, 256ULL * 1024 * 1024);
+		cur_bytes = max(cur_bytes, min_size);
+		ret = btrfs_reserve_extent(trans, root, cur_bytes,
 					   min_size, 0, *alloc_hint, &ins, 1);
 		if (ret) {
 			if (own_trans)