diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index f7a0a64b868f..f61c16c1481a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void)
 {
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	path = kmem_cache_zalloc(btrfs_path_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (path)
-		path->reada = 1;
 	return path;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 96be62450318..1ba2cc58eab5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int caching_kthread(void *data)
 	 */
 	path->skip_locking = 1;
 	path->search_commit_root = 1;
-	path->reada = 2;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	key.objectid = last;
 	key.offset = 0;
@@ -8556,6 +8556,7 @@ int btrfs_read_block_groups(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	cache_gen = btrfs_super_cache_generation(&root->fs_info->super_copy);
 	if (cache_gen != 0 &&
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index dd5938a7de21..6228a304b547 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4242,7 +4242,9 @@ static int btrfs_real_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
 		filp->f_pos = 2;
 	}
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	path->reada = 2;
+	if (!path)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	btrfs_set_key_type(&key, key_type);
 	key.offset = filp->f_pos;
@@ -5043,7 +5045,15 @@ again:
 
 	if (!path) {
 		path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-		BUG_ON(!path);
+		if (!path) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Chances are we'll be called again, so go ahead and do
+		 * readahead
+		 */
+		path->reada = 1;
 	}
 
 	ret = btrfs_lookup_file_extent(trans, root, path,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 09c30d37d43e..5872b41581f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ struct backref_node *build_backref_tree(struct reloc_control *rc,
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
+	path1->reada = 1;
+	path2->reada = 2;
 
 	node = alloc_backref_node(cache);
 	if (!node) {
@@ -1996,6 +1998,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int merge_reloc_root(struct reloc_control *rc,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	reloc_root = root->reloc_root;
 	root_item = &reloc_root->root_item;
@@ -3297,6 +3300,7 @@ static int find_data_references(struct reloc_control *rc,
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	root = read_fs_root(rc->extent_root->fs_info, ref_root);
 	if (IS_ERR(root)) {
@@ -3665,6 +3669,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int relocate_block_group(struct reloc_control *rc)
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = 1;
 
 	ret = prepare_to_relocate(rc);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -4090,6 +4095,7 @@ int btrfs_recover_relocation(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	path->reada = -1;
 
 	key.objectid = BTRFS_TREE_RELOC_OBJECTID;
 	key.type = BTRFS_ROOT_ITEM_KEY;