path = btrfs_alloc_path();
        if (!path)
                return -ENOMEM;
-again:
+
        max_hole_start = search_start;
        max_hole_size = 0;
-       hole_size = 0;
 
+again:
        if (search_start >= search_end || device->is_tgtdev_for_dev_replace) {
                ret = -ENOSPC;
                goto out;
         * allocated dev extents, and when shrinking the device,
         * search_end may be smaller than search_start.
         */
-       if (search_end > search_start)
+       if (search_end > search_start) {
                hole_size = search_end - search_start;
 
-       if (hole_size > max_hole_size) {
-               max_hole_start = search_start;
-               max_hole_size = hole_size;
-       }
+               if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device, &search_start,
+                                           hole_size)) {
+                       btrfs_release_path(path);
+                       goto again;
+               }
 
-       if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device, &search_start, hole_size)) {
-               btrfs_release_path(path);
-               goto again;
+               if (hole_size > max_hole_size) {
+                       max_hole_start = search_start;
+                       max_hole_size = hole_size;
+               }
        }
 
        /* See above. */
-       if (hole_size < num_bytes)
+       if (max_hole_size < num_bytes)
                ret = -ENOSPC;
        else
                ret = 0;