struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
        struct btrfs_space_info *meta_sinfo;
        u64 alloc_target, thresh;
+       int committed = 0, ret;
 
        /* get the space info for where the metadata will live */
        alloc_target = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, 0);
        meta_sinfo = __find_space_info(info, alloc_target);
 
-       /*
-        * if the metadata area isn't maxed out then there is no sense in
-        * checking how much is used, since we can always allocate a new chunk
-        */
-       if (!meta_sinfo->full)
-               return 0;
-
+again:
        spin_lock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
-       thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes * 95;
+       if (!meta_sinfo->full)
+               thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes * 80;
+       else
+               thresh = meta_sinfo->total_bytes * 95;
 
        do_div(thresh, 100);
 
        if (meta_sinfo->bytes_used + meta_sinfo->bytes_reserved +
            meta_sinfo->bytes_pinned + meta_sinfo->bytes_readonly > thresh) {
+               struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+               if (!meta_sinfo->full) {
+                       meta_sinfo->force_alloc = 1;
+                       spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+                       trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+                       if (!trans)
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+
+                       ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
+                                            2 * 1024 * 1024, alloc_target, 0);
+                       btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+                       goto again;
+               }
                spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
+
+               if (!committed) {
+                       committed = 1;
+                       trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
+                       if (!trans)
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+                       ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+                       goto again;
+               }
                return -ENOSPC;
        }
        spin_unlock(&meta_sinfo->lock);
                                u64 bytes)
 {
        struct btrfs_space_info *data_sinfo;
-       int ret = 0;
+       int ret = 0, committed = 0;
 
        /* make sure bytes are sectorsize aligned */
        bytes = (bytes + root->sectorsize - 1) & ~((u64)root->sectorsize - 1);
            data_sinfo->bytes_delalloc - data_sinfo->bytes_reserved -
            data_sinfo->bytes_pinned - data_sinfo->bytes_readonly -
            data_sinfo->bytes_may_use < bytes) {
+               struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+
                /*
                 * if we don't have enough free bytes in this space then we need
                 * to alloc a new chunk.
                 */
                if (!data_sinfo->full) {
                        u64 alloc_target;
-                       struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 
                        data_sinfo->force_alloc = 1;
                        spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
                        goto again;
                }
                spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
+
+               /* commit the current transaction and try again */
+               if (!committed) {
+                       committed = 1;
+                       trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
+                       if (!trans)
+                               return -ENOMEM;
+                       ret = btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+                       goto again;
+               }
+
                printk(KERN_ERR "no space left, need %llu, %llu delalloc bytes"
                       ", %llu bytes_used, %llu bytes_reserved, "
                       "%llu bytes_pinned, %llu bytes_readonly, %llu may use"