diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 6297701bc19c..28188a786da0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2219,6 +2219,8 @@ int btrfs_error_unpin_extent_range(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				   u64 start, u64 end);
 int btrfs_error_discard_extent(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr,
 			       u64 num_bytes);
+int btrfs_force_chunk_alloc(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root, u64 type);
 
 /* ctree.c */
 int btrfs_bin_search(struct extent_buffer *eb, struct btrfs_key *key,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index d375fc04a065..100e409e9053 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -8066,6 +8066,13 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int btrfs_force_chunk_alloc(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			    struct btrfs_root *root, u64 type)
+{
+	u64 alloc_flags = get_alloc_profile(root, type);
+	return do_chunk_alloc(trans, root, 2 * 1024 * 1024, alloc_flags, 1);
+}
+
 /*
  * helper to account the unused space of all the readonly block group in the
  * list. takes mirrors into account.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 0825e4ed9447..31ade5802ae8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -3654,6 +3654,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int relocate_block_group(struct reloc_control *rc)
 	u32 item_size;
 	int ret;
 	int err = 0;
+	int progress = 0;
 
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
@@ -3666,9 +3667,10 @@ static noinline_for_stack int relocate_block_group(struct reloc_control *rc)
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
+		progress++;
 		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(rc->extent_root, 0);
 		BUG_ON(IS_ERR(trans));
-
+restart:
 		if (update_backref_cache(trans, &rc->backref_cache)) {
 			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, rc->extent_root);
 			continue;
@@ -3781,6 +3783,15 @@ static noinline_for_stack int relocate_block_group(struct reloc_control *rc)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (trans && progress && err == -ENOSPC) {
+		ret = btrfs_force_chunk_alloc(trans, rc->extent_root,
+					      rc->block_group->flags);
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			err = 0;
+			progress = 0;
+			goto restart;
+		}
+	}
 
 	btrfs_release_path(rc->extent_root, path);
 	clear_extent_bits(&rc->processed_blocks, 0, (u64)-1, EXTENT_DIRTY,