diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5f3544e5f3cb..1b9b87870f51 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2778,6 +2778,8 @@ int btrfs_check_metadata_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	/* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
 	alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
 	meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
+	if (!meta_sinfo)
+		goto alloc;
 
 again:
 	spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
@@ -2795,7 +2797,7 @@ again:
 		if (!meta_sinfo->full) {
 			meta_sinfo->force_alloc = 1;
 			spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-
+alloc:
 			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 			if (!trans)
 				return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2803,6 +2805,10 @@ again:
 			ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
 					     2 * 1024 * 1024, alloc_target, 0);
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+			if (!meta_sinfo) {
+				meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info,
+							       alloc_target);
+			}
 			goto again;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
@@ -2838,6 +2844,9 @@ int btrfs_check_data_free_space(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 	bytes = (bytes + root->sectorsize - 1) & ~((u64)root->sectorsize - 1);
 
 	data_sinfo = BTRFS_I(inode)->space_info;
+	if (!data_sinfo)
+		goto alloc;
+
 again:
 	/* make sure we have enough space to handle the data first */
 	spin_lock(&data_sinfo->lock);
@@ -2856,7 +2865,7 @@ again:
 
 			data_sinfo->force_alloc = 1;
 			spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
-
+alloc:
 			alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 1);
 			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
 			if (!trans)
@@ -2868,6 +2877,11 @@ again:
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
+
+			if (!data_sinfo) {
+				btrfs_set_inode_space_info(root, inode);
+				data_sinfo = BTRFS_I(inode)->space_info;
+			}
 			goto again;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);