diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index dbcca91..9f7da5e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5343,13 +5343,15 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *evict_refill_and_join(struct btrfs_root *root,
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *global_rsv = &fs_info->global_block_rsv;
+	u64 delayed_refs_extra = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(fs_info, 1);
 	int failures = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 		int ret;
 
-		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill(root, rsv, rsv->size,
+		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill(root, rsv,
+					     rsv->size + delayed_refs_extra,
 					     BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_LIMIT);
 
 		if (ret && ++failures > 2) {
@@ -5358,9 +5360,28 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *evict_refill_and_join(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Evict can generate a large amount of delayed refs without
+		 * having a way to add space back since we exhaust our temporary
+		 * block rsv.  We aren't allowed to do FLUSH_ALL in this case
+		 * because we could deadlock with so many things in the flushing
+		 * code, so we have to try and hold some extra space to
+		 * compensate for our delayed ref generation.  If we can't get
+		 * that space then we need see if we can steal our minimum from
+		 * the global reserve.  We will be ratelimited by the amount of
+		 * space we have for the delayed refs rsv, so we'll end up
+		 * committing and trying again.
+		 */
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans) || !ret)
+		if (IS_ERR(trans) || !ret) {
+			if (!IS_ERR(trans)) {
+				trans->block_rsv = &fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
+				trans->bytes_reserved = delayed_refs_extra;
+				btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(rsv, trans->block_rsv,
+							delayed_refs_extra, 1);
+			}
 			return trans;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Try to steal from the global reserve if there is space for