diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 3afd435dc2c7..77a9984647ac 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1562,7 +1562,8 @@ void btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		 * needing to allocate extents from the block group.
 		 */
 		used = btrfs_space_info_used(space_info, true);
-		if (space_info->total_bytes - block_group->length < used) {
+		if (space_info->total_bytes - block_group->length < used &&
+		    block_group->zone_unusable < block_group->length) {
 			/*
 			 * Add a reference for the list, compensate for the ref
 			 * drop under the "next" label for the