diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 19d2104c0462..e47f53e78089 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3989,8 +3989,11 @@ have_block_group:
 			ret = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR))
+		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR)) {
+			if (!cache_block_group_error)
+				cache_block_group_error = -EIO;
 			goto loop;
+		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Ok we want to try and use the cluster allocator, so