diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index a2e73f6053a8..1573be6f9518 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3479,6 +3479,8 @@ int btrfs_make_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			   struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytes_used,
 			   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);
 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 acf3ed11cfb6..78200932c1cf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10256,6 +10256,17 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+struct btrfs_trans_handle *
+btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	/*
+	 * 1 unit for adding the free space inode's orphan (located in the tree
+	 * of tree roots).
+	 */
+	return btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(fs_info->extent_root,
+							   1, 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * Process the unused_bgs list and remove any that don't have any allocated
  * space inside of them.
@@ -10322,8 +10333,7 @@ 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.
 		 */
-		/* 1 for btrfs_orphan_reserve_metadata() */
-		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+		trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(fs_info);
 		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 			btrfs_dec_block_group_ro(root, block_group);
 			ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 6e93349d8aa2..f82d1f4460dd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4046,9 +4046,7 @@ int btrfs_unlink_inode(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
  */
 static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir)
 {
-	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
-	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * 1 for the possible orphan item
@@ -4057,27 +4055,7 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir)
 	 * 1 for the inode ref
 	 * 1 for the inode
 	 */
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 5);
-	if (!IS_ERR(trans) || PTR_ERR(trans) != -ENOSPC)
-		return trans;
-
-	if (PTR_ERR(trans) == -ENOSPC) {
-		u64 num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 5);
-
-		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans))
-			return trans;
-		ret = btrfs_cond_migrate_bytes(root->fs_info,
-					       &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
-					       num_bytes, 5);
-		if (ret) {
-			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-			return ERR_PTR(ret);
-		}
-		trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
-		trans->bytes_reserved = num_bytes;
-	}
-	return trans;
+	return btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(root, 5, 5);
 }
 
 static int btrfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 418c6a2ad7d8..3367a3c6f214 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -592,6 +592,38 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	return start_transaction(root, num_items, TRANS_START,
 				 BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL);
 }
+struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(
+					struct btrfs_root *root,
+					unsigned int num_items,
+					int min_factor)
+{
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	u64 num_bytes;
+	int ret;
+
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, num_items);
+	if (!IS_ERR(trans) || PTR_ERR(trans) != -ENOSPC)
+		return trans;
+
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		return trans;
+
+	num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, num_items);
+	ret = btrfs_cond_migrate_bytes(root->fs_info,
+				       &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
+				       num_bytes,
+				       min_factor);
+	if (ret) {
+		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
+	trans->bytes_reserved = num_bytes;
+
+	return trans;
+}
 
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_lflush(
 					struct btrfs_root *root,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index b05b2f64d913..0da21ca9b3fb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ int btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_root *root);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root,
 						   unsigned int num_items);
+struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(
+					struct btrfs_root *root,
+					unsigned int num_items,
+					int min_factor);
 struct btrfs_trans_handle *btrfs_start_transaction_lflush(
 					struct btrfs_root *root,
 					unsigned int num_items);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index d198dd3360d3..e0bd364e958d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2853,7 +2853,7 @@ static int btrfs_relocate_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 chunk_offset)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+	trans = btrfs_start_trans_remove_block_group(root->fs_info);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		btrfs_std_error(root->fs_info, ret, NULL);