diff --git a/fs/hfs/btree.c b/fs/hfs/btree.c
index 374b5688e29e..98b96ffb95ed 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/btree.c
@@ -220,6 +220,30 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_new_bmap(struct hfs_bnode *prev, u32 idx)
 	return node;
 }
 
+/* Make sure @tree has enough space for the @rsvd_nodes */
+int hfs_bmap_reserve(struct hfs_btree *tree, int rsvd_nodes)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = tree->inode;
+	u32 count;
+	int res;
+
+	while (tree->free_nodes < rsvd_nodes) {
+		res = hfs_extend_file(inode);
+		if (res)
+			return res;
+		HFS_I(inode)->phys_size = inode->i_size =
+				(loff_t)HFS_I(inode)->alloc_blocks *
+				HFS_SB(tree->sb)->alloc_blksz;
+		HFS_I(inode)->fs_blocks = inode->i_size >>
+					  tree->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
+		inode_set_bytes(inode, inode->i_size);
+		count = inode->i_size >> tree->node_size_shift;
+		tree->free_nodes += count - tree->node_count;
+		tree->node_count = count;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 {
 	struct hfs_bnode *node, *next_node;
@@ -229,26 +253,11 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 	u16 off16;
 	u16 len;
 	u8 *data, byte, m;
-	int i;
+	int i, res;
 
-	while (!tree->free_nodes) {
-		struct inode *inode = tree->inode;
-		u32 count;
-		int res;
-
-		res = hfs_extend_file(inode);
-		if (res)
-			return ERR_PTR(res);
-		HFS_I(inode)->phys_size = inode->i_size =
-				(loff_t)HFS_I(inode)->alloc_blocks *
-				HFS_SB(tree->sb)->alloc_blksz;
-		HFS_I(inode)->fs_blocks = inode->i_size >>
-					  tree->sb->s_blocksize_bits;
-		inode_set_bytes(inode, inode->i_size);
-		count = inode->i_size >> tree->node_size_shift;
-		tree->free_nodes = count - tree->node_count;
-		tree->node_count = count;
-	}
+	res = hfs_bmap_reserve(tree, 1);
+	if (res)
+		return ERR_PTR(res);
 
 	nidx = 0;
 	node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, nidx);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/btree.h b/fs/hfs/btree.h
index c8b252dbb26c..dcc2aab1b2c4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/btree.h
+++ b/fs/hfs/btree.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct hfs_find_data {
 extern struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *, u32, btree_keycmp);
 extern void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *);
 extern void hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *);
+extern int hfs_bmap_reserve(struct hfs_btree *, int);
 extern struct hfs_bnode * hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *);
 extern void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node);
 
diff --git a/fs/hfs/catalog.c b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
index 8a66405b0f8b..d365bf0b8c77 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/catalog.c
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ int hfs_cat_create(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *str, struct i
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operations. We may
+	 * have to split the root node at most once.
+	 */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd.tree, 2 * fd.tree->depth);
+	if (err)
+		goto err2;
+
 	hfs_cat_build_key(sb, fd.search_key, cnid, NULL);
 	entry_size = hfs_cat_build_thread(sb, &entry, S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ?
 			HFS_CDR_THD : HFS_CDR_FTH,
@@ -295,6 +303,14 @@ int hfs_cat_move(u32 cnid, struct inode *src_dir, const struct qstr *src_name,
 		return err;
 	dst_fd = src_fd;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operations. We may
+	 * have to split the root node at most once.
+	 */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(src_fd.tree, 2 * src_fd.tree->depth);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* find the old dir entry and read the data */
 	hfs_cat_build_key(sb, src_fd.search_key, src_dir->i_ino, src_name);
 	err = hfs_brec_find(&src_fd);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/extent.c b/fs/hfs/extent.c
index 5d0182654580..0c638c612152 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/extent.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/extent.c
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ static int __hfs_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode, struct hfs_find_data *fd)
 	if (HFS_I(inode)->flags & HFS_FLG_EXT_NEW) {
 		if (res != -ENOENT)
 			return res;
+		/* Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operation */
+		res = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd->tree, fd->tree->depth + 1);
+		if (res)
+			return res;
 		hfs_brec_insert(fd, HFS_I(inode)->cached_extents, sizeof(hfs_extent_rec));
 		HFS_I(inode)->flags &= ~(HFS_FLG_EXT_DIRTY|HFS_FLG_EXT_NEW);
 	} else {