diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 3495bc775afa..9f5a971bfed4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1528,11 +1528,14 @@ void btrfs_mark_bg_unused(struct btrfs_block_group *bg)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = bg->fs_info;
 
+	trace_btrfs_add_unused_block_group(bg);
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&bg->bg_list)) {
 		btrfs_get_block_group(bg);
-		trace_btrfs_add_unused_block_group(bg);
 		list_add_tail(&bg->bg_list, &fs_info->unused_bgs);
+	} else {
+		/* Pull out the block group from the reclaim_bgs list. */
+		list_move_tail(&bg->bg_list, &fs_info->unused_bgs);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 }