diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 1573be6f9518..d88994f71eae 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3480,7 +3480,8 @@ int btrfs_make_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   u64 type, u64 chunk_objectid, u64 chunk_offset,
 			   u64 size);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(
-				struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
+				struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+				const u64 chunk_offset);
 int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			     struct btrfs_root *root, u64 group_start,
 			     struct extent_map *em);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 78200932c1cf..e97d6d61cd42 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10257,14 +10257,44 @@ out:
 }
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *
-btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+				     const u64 chunk_offset)
 {
+	struct extent_map_tree *em_tree = &fs_info->mapping_tree.map_tree;
+	struct extent_map *em;
+	struct map_lookup *map;
+	unsigned int num_items;
+
+	read_lock(&em_tree->lock);
+	em = lookup_extent_mapping(em_tree, chunk_offset, 1);
+	read_unlock(&em_tree->lock);
+	ASSERT(em && em->start == chunk_offset);
+
 	/*
+	 * We need to reserve 3 + N units from the metadata space info in order
+	 * to remove a block group (done at btrfs_remove_chunk() and at
+	 * btrfs_remove_block_group()), which are used for:
+	 *
 	 * 1 unit for adding the free space inode's orphan (located in the tree
 	 * of tree roots).
+	 * 1 unit for deleting the block group item (located in the extent
+	 * tree).
+	 * 1 unit for deleting the free space item (located in tree of tree
+	 * roots).
+	 * N units for deleting N device extent items corresponding to each
+	 * stripe (located in the device tree).
+	 *
+	 * In order to remove a block group we also need to reserve units in the
+	 * system space info in order to update the chunk tree (update one or
+	 * more device items and remove one chunk item), but this is done at
+	 * btrfs_remove_chunk() through a call to check_system_chunk().
 	 */
+	map = (struct map_lookup *)em->bdev;
+	num_items = 3 + map->num_stripes;
+	free_extent_map(em);
+
 	return btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(fs_info->extent_root,
-							   1, 1);
+							   num_items, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -10333,7 +10363,8 @@ void btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		 * Want to do this before we do anything else so we can recover
 		 * properly if we fail to join the transaction.
 		 */
-		trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(fs_info);
+		trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(fs_info,
+						     block_group->key.objectid);
 		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 			btrfs_dec_block_group_ro(root, block_group);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index e0bd364e958d..45f20252efed 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2853,7 +2853,8 @@ static int btrfs_relocate_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 chunk_offset)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(root->fs_info);
+	trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(root->fs_info,
+						     chunk_offset);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		btrfs_std_error(root->fs_info, ret, NULL);