diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index ec0328bb86db..5e552f9cc5be 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3586,89 +3586,58 @@ out:
 /*
  * shrink metadata reservation for delalloc
  */
-static int shrink_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 to_reclaim,
-			   bool wait_ordered)
+static void shrink_delalloc(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 to_reclaim, u64 orig,
+			    bool wait_ordered)
 {
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv;
 	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-	u64 reserved;
+	u64 delalloc_bytes;
 	u64 max_reclaim;
-	u64 reclaimed = 0;
 	long time_left;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = (2 * 1024 * 1024) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	int loops = 0;
-	unsigned long progress;
 
 	trans = (struct btrfs_trans_handle *)current->journal_info;
 	block_rsv = &root->fs_info->delalloc_block_rsv;
 	space_info = block_rsv->space_info;
 
 	smp_mb();
-	reserved = space_info->bytes_may_use;
-	progress = space_info->reservation_progress;
-
-	if (reserved == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	smp_mb();
-	if (root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes == 0) {
+	delalloc_bytes = root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes;
+	if (delalloc_bytes == 0) {
 		if (trans)
-			return 0;
+			return;
 		btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0, 0);
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
-	max_reclaim = min(reserved, to_reclaim);
-	nr_pages = max_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
-			 max_reclaim >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-	while (loops < 1024) {
-		/* have the flusher threads jump in and do some IO */
-		smp_mb();
-		nr_pages = min_t(unsigned long, nr_pages,
-		       root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+	while (delalloc_bytes && loops < 3) {
+		max_reclaim = min(delalloc_bytes, to_reclaim);
+		nr_pages = max_reclaim >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(root->fs_info->sb, nr_pages,
-						WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE);
+					       WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE);
 
 		spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
-		if (reserved > space_info->bytes_may_use)
-			reclaimed += reserved - space_info->bytes_may_use;
-		reserved = space_info->bytes_may_use;
+		if (space_info->bytes_used + space_info->bytes_reserved +
+		    space_info->bytes_pinned + space_info->bytes_readonly +
+		    space_info->bytes_may_use + orig <=
+		    space_info->total_bytes) {
+			spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
+			break;
+		}
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 
 		loops++;
-
-		if (reserved == 0 || reclaimed >= max_reclaim)
-			break;
-
-		if (trans && trans->transaction->blocked)
-			return -EAGAIN;
-
 		if (wait_ordered && !trans) {
 			btrfs_wait_ordered_extents(root, 0, 0);
 		} else {
-			time_left = schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
-
-			/* We were interrupted, exit */
+			time_left = schedule_timeout_killable(1);
 			if (time_left)
 				break;
 		}
-
-		/* we've kicked the IO a few times, if anything has been freed,
-		 * exit.  There is no sense in looping here for a long time
-		 * when we really need to commit the transaction, or there are
-		 * just too many writers without enough free space
-		 */
-
-		if (loops > 3) {
-			smp_mb();
-			if (progress != space_info->reservation_progress)
-				break;
-		}
-
+		smp_mb();
+		delalloc_bytes = root->fs_info->delalloc_bytes;
 	}
-
-	return reclaimed >= to_reclaim;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3742,15 +3711,13 @@ static int flush_space(struct btrfs_root *root,
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	int nr;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	switch (state) {
 	case FLUSH_DELALLOC:
 	case FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT:
-		ret = shrink_delalloc(root, num_bytes,
-				      state == FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT);
-		if (ret > 0)
-			ret = 0;
+		shrink_delalloc(root, num_bytes, orig_bytes,
+				state == FLUSH_DELALLOC_WAIT);
 		break;
 	case FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS_NR:
 	case FLUSH_DELAYED_ITEMS: