diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index c44aa9680789..9454045f091a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -7136,6 +7136,7 @@ int btrfs_can_relocate(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr)
 	u64 min_free;
 	u64 dev_min = 1;
 	u64 dev_nr = 0;
+	u64 target;
 	int index;
 	int full = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -7176,13 +7177,11 @@ int btrfs_can_relocate(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr)
 	/*
 	 * ok we don't have enough space, but maybe we have free space on our
 	 * devices to allocate new chunks for relocation, so loop through our
-	 * alloc devices and guess if we have enough space.  However, if we
-	 * were marked as full, then we know there aren't enough chunks, and we
-	 * can just return.
+	 * alloc devices and guess if we have enough space.  if this block
+	 * group is going to be restriped, run checks against the target
+	 * profile instead of the current one.
 	 */
 	ret = -1;
-	if (full)
-		goto out;
 
 	/*
 	 * index:
@@ -7192,7 +7191,20 @@ int btrfs_can_relocate(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr)
 	 *      3: raid0
 	 *      4: single
 	 */
-	index = get_block_group_index(block_group);
+	target = get_restripe_target(root->fs_info, block_group->flags);
+	if (target) {
+		index = __get_block_group_index(extended_to_chunk(target));
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * this is just a balance, so if we were marked as full
+		 * we know there is no space for a new chunk
+		 */
+		if (full)
+			goto out;
+
+		index = get_block_group_index(block_group);
+	}
+
 	if (index == 0) {
 		dev_min = 4;
 		/* Divide by 2 */