diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index e0dfe3578b00..d6b5ef4b4c72 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7337,7 +7337,7 @@ int btrfs_reserve_extent(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			 u64 empty_size, u64 hint_byte,
 			 struct btrfs_key *ins, int is_data, int delalloc)
 {
-	bool final_tried = false;
+	bool final_tried = num_bytes == min_alloc_size;
 	u64 flags;
 	int ret;