diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 20c78ae7d150..5627b43d4cc2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2665,6 +2665,14 @@ int btrfs_inc_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_block_group *cache,
 	ret = btrfs_chunk_alloc(trans, alloc_flags, CHUNK_ALLOC_FORCE);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * We have allocated a new chunk. We also need to activate that chunk to
+	 * grant metadata tickets for zoned filesystem.
+	 */
+	ret = btrfs_zoned_activate_one_bg(fs_info, cache->space_info, true);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	ret = inc_block_group_ro(cache, 0);
 	if (ret == -ETXTBSY)
 		goto unlock_out;
@@ -3890,6 +3898,14 @@ static void reserve_chunk_space(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		if (IS_ERR(bg)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(bg);
 		} else {
+			/*
+			 * We have a new chunk. We also need to activate it for
+			 * zoned filesystem.
+			 */
+			ret = btrfs_zoned_activate_one_bg(fs_info, info, true);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				return;
+
 			/*
 			 * If we fail to add the chunk item here, we end up
 			 * trying again at phase 2 of chunk allocation, at