diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 11e0a633fd76..cb95bf7ccbbd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1933,6 +1933,8 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 			reclaimed = 0;
 			spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
 			space_info->reclaim_errors++;
+			if (READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+				space_info->periodic_reclaim_ready = false;
 			spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 		}
 		spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
@@ -1941,7 +1943,7 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 
 next:
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret && !READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim)) {
 			/* Refcount held by the reclaim_bgs list after splice. */
 			spin_lock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 			/*
@@ -3686,6 +3688,8 @@ int btrfs_update_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		space_info->bytes_reserved -= num_bytes;
 		space_info->bytes_used += num_bytes;
 		space_info->disk_used += num_bytes * factor;
+		if (READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+			btrfs_space_info_update_reclaimable(space_info, -num_bytes);
 		spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 	} else {
@@ -3695,8 +3699,10 @@ int btrfs_update_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_space_info_update_bytes_pinned(info, space_info, num_bytes);
 		space_info->bytes_used -= num_bytes;
 		space_info->disk_used -= num_bytes * factor;
-
-		reclaim = should_reclaim_block_group(cache, num_bytes);
+		if (READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+			btrfs_space_info_update_reclaimable(space_info, num_bytes);
+		else
+			reclaim = should_reclaim_block_group(cache, num_bytes);
 
 		spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 75ffe8c99b0a..295c25101e23 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
+#include "linux/spinlock.h"
 #include <linux/minmax.h>
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
@@ -1915,7 +1916,9 @@ lose_precision:
  */
 static u64 calc_unalloc_target(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
-	return BTRFS_UNALLOC_BLOCK_GROUP_TARGET * calc_effective_data_chunk_size(fs_info);
+	u64 chunk_sz = calc_effective_data_chunk_size(fs_info);
+
+	return BTRFS_UNALLOC_BLOCK_GROUP_TARGET * chunk_sz;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1951,14 +1954,13 @@ static int calc_dynamic_reclaim_threshold(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
 	u64 unused = alloc - used;
 	u64 want = target > unalloc ? target - unalloc : 0;
 	u64 data_chunk_size = calc_effective_data_chunk_size(fs_info);
-	/* Cast to int is OK because want <= target */
-	int ratio = calc_pct_ratio(want, target);
 
-	/* If we have no unused space, don't bother, it won't work anyway */
+	/* If we have no unused space, don't bother, it won't work anyway. */
 	if (unused < data_chunk_size)
 		return 0;
 
-	return ratio;
+	/* Cast to int is OK because want <= target. */
+	return calc_pct_ratio(want, target);
 }
 
 int btrfs_calc_reclaim_threshold(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
@@ -2000,6 +2002,46 @@ static int do_reclaim_sweep(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void btrfs_space_info_update_reclaimable(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, s64 bytes)
+{
+	u64 chunk_sz = calc_effective_data_chunk_size(space_info->fs_info);
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&space_info->lock);
+	space_info->reclaimable_bytes += bytes;
+
+	if (space_info->reclaimable_bytes >= chunk_sz)
+		btrfs_set_periodic_reclaim_ready(space_info, true);
+}
+
+void btrfs_set_periodic_reclaim_ready(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, bool ready)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_held(&space_info->lock);
+	if (!READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+		return;
+	if (ready != space_info->periodic_reclaim_ready) {
+		space_info->periodic_reclaim_ready = ready;
+		if (!ready)
+			space_info->reclaimable_bytes = 0;
+	}
+}
+
+bool btrfs_should_periodic_reclaim(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
+{
+	bool ret;
+
+	if (space_info->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)
+		return false;
+	if (!READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+		return false;
+
+	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
+	ret = space_info->periodic_reclaim_ready;
+	btrfs_set_periodic_reclaim_ready(space_info, false);
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int btrfs_reclaim_sweep(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -2007,9 +2049,7 @@ int btrfs_reclaim_sweep(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(space_info, &fs_info->space_info, list) {
-		if (space_info->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM)
-			continue;
-		if (!READ_ONCE(space_info->periodic_reclaim))
+		if (!btrfs_should_periodic_reclaim(space_info))
 			continue;
 		for (raid = 0; raid < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES; raid++) {
 			ret = do_reclaim_sweep(fs_info, space_info, raid);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
index ae4a1f7d5856..4db8a0267c16 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ struct btrfs_space_info {
 	 * threshold in the cleaner thread.
 	 */
 	bool periodic_reclaim;
+
+	/*
+	 * Periodic reclaim should be a no-op if a space_info hasn't
+	 * freed any space since the last time we tried.
+	 */
+	bool periodic_reclaim_ready;
+
+	/*
+	 * Net bytes freed or allocated since the last reclaim pass.
+	 */
+	s64 reclaimable_bytes;
 };
 
 struct reserve_ticket {
@@ -278,6 +289,9 @@ void btrfs_dump_space_info_for_trans_abort(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 void btrfs_init_async_reclaim_work(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 u64 btrfs_account_ro_block_groups_free_space(struct btrfs_space_info *sinfo);
 
+void btrfs_space_info_update_reclaimable(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, s64 bytes);
+void btrfs_set_periodic_reclaim_ready(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, bool ready);
+bool btrfs_should_periodic_reclaim(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info);
 int btrfs_calc_reclaim_threshold(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info);
 int btrfs_reclaim_sweep(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);