diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 7f849310303b..50669ff9346c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -4114,6 +4114,8 @@ void btrfs_qgroup_convert_reserved_meta(struct btrfs_root *root, int num_bytes)
 				      BTRFS_QGROUP_RSV_META_PREALLOC);
 	trace_qgroup_meta_convert(root, num_bytes);
 	qgroup_convert_meta(fs_info, root->root_key.objectid, num_bytes);
+	if (!sb_rdonly(fs_info->sb))
+		add_root_meta_rsv(root, num_bytes, BTRFS_QGROUP_RSV_META_PERTRANS);
 }
 
 /*