diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 252cc2ef98ee36e54a04e8f8f25fc90b19dcb893..23261790f36f966004e42d4c89878b370581a117 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ const struct btrfs_raid_attr btrfs_raid_array[BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES] = {
 		.devs_min	= 2,
 		.tolerated_failures = 1,
 		.devs_increment	= 1,
-		.ncopies	= 2,
+		.ncopies	= 1,
 		.raid_name	= "raid5",
 		.bg_flag	= BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID5,
 		.mindev_error	= BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_RAID5_MIN_NOT_MET,
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const struct btrfs_raid_attr btrfs_raid_array[BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES] = {
 		.devs_min	= 3,
 		.tolerated_failures = 2,
 		.devs_increment	= 1,
-		.ncopies	= 3,
+		.ncopies	= 1,
 		.raid_name	= "raid6",
 		.bg_flag	= BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_RAID6,
 		.mindev_error	= BTRFS_ERROR_DEV_RAID6_MIN_NOT_MET,