diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c b/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
index bc920afe23bf..eb41dc2f6b40 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ static u64 block_rsv_release_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	} else {
 		num_bytes = 0;
 	}
-	if (block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_reserved >= block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_size) {
+	if (qgroup_to_release_ret &&
+	    block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_reserved >= block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_size) {
 		qgroup_to_release = block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_reserved -
 				    block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_size;
 		block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_reserved = block_rsv->qgroup_rsv_size;