diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e87c6cccf045..0b89704f7e21 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5523,7 +5523,6 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *evict_refill_and_join(struct btrfs_root *root,
 							struct btrfs_block_rsv *rsv)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_block_rsv *global_rsv = &fs_info->global_block_rsv;
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	u64 delayed_refs_extra = btrfs_calc_insert_metadata_size(fs_info, 1);
 	int ret;
@@ -5538,18 +5537,16 @@ static struct btrfs_trans_handle *evict_refill_and_join(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	 * above.  We reserve our extra bit here because we generate a ton of
 	 * delayed refs activity by truncating.
 	 *
-	 * If we cannot make our reservation we'll attempt to steal from the
-	 * global reserve, because we really want to be able to free up space.
+	 * BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_EVICT will steal from the global_rsv if it can,
+	 * if we fail to make this reservation we can re-try without the
+	 * delayed_refs_extra so we can make some forward progress.
 	 */
 	ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill(root, rsv, rsv->size + delayed_refs_extra,
 				     BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_EVICT);
 	if (ret) {
-		/*
-		 * Try to steal from the global reserve if there is space for
-		 * it.
-		 */
-		if (btrfs_check_space_for_delayed_refs(fs_info) ||
-		    btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(global_rsv, rsv, rsv->size, 0)) {
+		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill(root, rsv, rsv->size,
+					     BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_EVICT);
+		if (ret) {
 			btrfs_warn(fs_info,
 				   "could not allocate space for delete; will truncate on mount");
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 20f6c0858410..a546cd411de4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -1289,13 +1289,17 @@ static void priority_reclaim_metadata_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Attempt to steal from the global rsv if we can. */
+	if (!steal_from_global_rsv(fs_info, space_info, ticket)) {
+		ticket->error = -ENOSPC;
+		remove_ticket(space_info, ticket);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * We must run try_granting_tickets here because we could be a large
 	 * ticket in front of a smaller ticket that can now be satisfied with
 	 * the available space.
 	 */
-	ticket->error = -ENOSPC;
-	remove_ticket(space_info, ticket);
 	btrfs_try_granting_tickets(fs_info, space_info);
 	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 }
@@ -1449,6 +1453,12 @@ static inline void maybe_clamp_preempt(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		space_info->clamp = min(space_info->clamp + 1, 8);
 }
 
+static inline bool can_steal(enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush)
+{
+	return (flush == BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL_STEAL ||
+		flush == BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_EVICT);
+}
+
 /**
  * Try to reserve bytes from the block_rsv's space
  *
@@ -1522,7 +1532,7 @@ static int __reserve_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		ticket.error = 0;
 		space_info->reclaim_size += ticket.bytes;
 		init_waitqueue_head(&ticket.wait);
-		ticket.steal = (flush == BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL_STEAL);
+		ticket.steal = can_steal(flush);
 		if (trace_btrfs_reserve_ticket_enabled())
 			start_ns = ktime_get_ns();