* will return -ENOSPC.
  */
 static int may_commit_transaction(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-                                 struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
+                                 struct btrfs_space_info *space_info,
+                                 u64 bytes_needed)
 {
        struct reserve_ticket *ticket = NULL;
        struct btrfs_block_rsv *delayed_rsv = &fs_info->delayed_block_rsv;
        struct btrfs_block_rsv *delayed_refs_rsv = &fs_info->delayed_refs_rsv;
        struct btrfs_block_rsv *trans_rsv = &fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
        struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
-       u64 bytes_needed;
        u64 reclaim_bytes = 0;
        u64 cur_free_bytes = 0;
+       bool do_commit = false;
 
        trans = (struct btrfs_trans_handle *)current->journal_info;
        if (trans)
                return -EAGAIN;
 
+       /*
+        * If we are data and have passed in U64_MAX we just want to
+        * unconditionally commit the transaction to match the previous data
+        * flushing behavior.
+        */
+       if ((space_info->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA) &&
+           bytes_needed == U64_MAX) {
+               do_commit = true;
+               goto check_pinned;
+       }
+
        spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
        cur_free_bytes = btrfs_space_info_used(space_info, true);
        if (cur_free_bytes < space_info->total_bytes)
        else if (!list_empty(&space_info->tickets))
                ticket = list_first_entry(&space_info->tickets,
                                          struct reserve_ticket, list);
-       bytes_needed = (ticket) ? ticket->bytes : 0;
+       if (ticket)
+               bytes_needed = ticket->bytes;
 
        if (bytes_needed > cur_free_bytes)
                bytes_needed -= cur_free_bytes;
        if (!bytes_needed)
                return 0;
 
+check_pinned:
        trans = btrfs_join_transaction(fs_info->extent_root);
        if (IS_ERR(trans))
                return PTR_ERR(trans);
         * we have block groups that are going to be freed, allowing us to
         * possibly do a chunk allocation the next loop through.
         */
-       if (test_bit(BTRFS_TRANS_HAVE_FREE_BGS, &trans->transaction->flags) ||
+       if (do_commit ||
+           test_bit(BTRFS_TRANS_HAVE_FREE_BGS, &trans->transaction->flags) ||
            __percpu_counter_compare(&space_info->total_bytes_pinned,
                                     bytes_needed,
                                     BTRFS_TOTAL_BYTES_PINNED_BATCH) >= 0)
                goto commit;
 
        /*
-        * See if there is some space in the delayed insertion reservation for
-        * this reservation.
+        * See if there is some space in the delayed insertion reserve for this
+        * reservation.  If the space_info's don't match (like for DATA or
+        * SYSTEM) then just go enospc, reclaiming this space won't recover any
+        * space to satisfy those reservations.
         */
        if (space_info != delayed_rsv->space_info)
                goto enospc;
                btrfs_wait_on_delayed_iputs(fs_info);
                break;
        case COMMIT_TRANS:
-               ret = may_commit_transaction(fs_info, space_info);
+               ret = may_commit_transaction(fs_info, space_info, num_bytes);
                break;
        default:
                ret = -ENOSPC;