diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 9fde23475387..7dd71fcc1051 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5799,7 +5799,7 @@ int btrfs_subvolume_reserve_metadata(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags)) {
 		/* One for parent inode, two for dir entries */
 		num_bytes = 3 * fs_info->nodesize;
-		ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(root, num_bytes);
+		ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(root, num_bytes, true);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	} else {
@@ -5975,7 +5975,7 @@ int btrfs_delalloc_reserve_metadata(struct inode *inode, u64 num_bytes)
 
 	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags)) {
 		ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(root,
-				nr_extents * fs_info->nodesize);
+				nr_extents * fs_info->nodesize, true);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_fail;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 1c555f1e49ba..8496dbf3f38b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -2324,7 +2324,20 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes)
+static bool qgroup_check_limits(const struct btrfs_qgroup *qg, u64 num_bytes)
+{
+	if ((qg->lim_flags & BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_RFER) &&
+	    qg->reserved + (s64)qg->rfer + num_bytes > qg->max_rfer)
+		return false;
+
+	if ((qg->lim_flags & BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_EXCL) &&
+	    qg->reserved + (s64)qg->excl + num_bytes > qg->max_excl)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes, bool enforce)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *quota_root;
 	struct btrfs_qgroup *qgroup;
@@ -2365,16 +2378,7 @@ static int qgroup_reserve(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_bytes)
 
 		qg = unode_aux_to_qgroup(unode);
 
-		if ((qg->lim_flags & BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_RFER) &&
-		    qg->reserved + (s64)qg->rfer + num_bytes >
-		    qg->max_rfer) {
-			ret = -EDQUOT;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		if ((qg->lim_flags & BTRFS_QGROUP_LIMIT_MAX_EXCL) &&
-		    qg->reserved + (s64)qg->excl + num_bytes >
-		    qg->max_excl) {
+		if (enforce && !qgroup_check_limits(qg, num_bytes)) {
 			ret = -EDQUOT;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2832,7 +2836,7 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len)
 					QGROUP_RESERVE);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
-	ret = qgroup_reserve(root, changeset.bytes_changed);
+	ret = qgroup_reserve(root, changeset.bytes_changed, true);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto cleanup;
 
@@ -2913,7 +2917,8 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_release_data(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len)
 	return __btrfs_qgroup_release_data(inode, start, len, 0);
 }
 
-int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes)
+int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes,
+			      bool enforce)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	int ret;
@@ -2923,7 +2928,7 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes)
 		return 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(num_bytes != round_down(num_bytes, fs_info->nodesize));
-	ret = qgroup_reserve(root, num_bytes);
+	ret = qgroup_reserve(root, num_bytes, enforce);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	atomic_add(num_bytes, &root->qgroup_meta_rsv);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
index 416ae8e1d23c..ee95f456a61f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.h
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_data(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len);
 int btrfs_qgroup_release_data(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len);
 int btrfs_qgroup_free_data(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 len);
 
-int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes);
+int btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes,
+			      bool enforce);
 void btrfs_qgroup_free_meta_all(struct btrfs_root *root);
 void btrfs_qgroup_free_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes);
 void btrfs_qgroup_check_reserved_leak(struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 90e73f65dccf..48aabb367f73 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ static inline bool need_reserve_reloc_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 static struct btrfs_trans_handle *
 start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
-		  unsigned int type, enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush)
+		  unsigned int type, enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush,
+		  bool enforce_qgroups)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 
@@ -505,9 +506,10 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
 	 * Do the reservation before we join the transaction so we can do all
 	 * the appropriate flushing if need be.
 	 */
-	if (num_items > 0 && root != fs_info->chunk_root) {
+	if (num_items && root != fs_info->chunk_root) {
 		qgroup_reserved = num_items * fs_info->nodesize;
-		ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(root, qgroup_reserved);
+		ret = btrfs_qgroup_reserve_meta(root, qgroup_reserved,
+						enforce_qgroups);
 		if (ret)
 			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
@@ -613,8 +615,9 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 						   unsigned int num_items)
 {
 	return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL);
+				 BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL, true);
 }
+
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(
 					struct btrfs_root *root,
 					unsigned int num_items,
@@ -625,7 +628,14 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(
 	u64 num_bytes;
 	int ret;
 
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, num_items);
+	/*
+	 * We have two callers: unlink and block group removal.  The
+	 * former should succeed even if we will temporarily exceed
+	 * quota and the latter operates on the extent root so
+	 * qgroup enforcement is ignored anyway.
+	 */
+	trans = start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START,
+				  BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL, false);
 	if (!IS_ERR(trans) || PTR_ERR(trans) != -ENOSPC)
 		return trans;
 
@@ -654,25 +664,25 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_lflush(
 					unsigned int num_items)
 {
 	return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_LIMIT);
+				 BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_LIMIT, true);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
-	return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
+	return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN, BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH,
+				 true);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_join_transaction_nolock(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_JOIN_NOLOCK,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
+				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH, true);
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_ioctl_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_USERSPACE,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
+				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -691,7 +701,7 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_ioctl_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_attach_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root)
 {
 	return start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_ATTACH,
-				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
+				 BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH, true);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -707,7 +717,7 @@ btrfs_attach_transaction_barrier(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 
 	trans = start_transaction(root, 0, TRANS_ATTACH,
-				  BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
+				  BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans) && PTR_ERR(trans) == -ENOENT)
 		btrfs_wait_for_commit(root->fs_info, 0);