diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6cc47958e1da..3242b59f74b8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f690efb1aa2a961dd6655529c1797fcac60ad6d9
+refs/heads/master: 6f88a4403def422bd8e276ddf6863d6ac71435d2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index e8be478178aa..f2d2f4ccc738 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/iocontext.h>
+#include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include "compat.h"
 #include "ctree.h"
@@ -2024,6 +2025,9 @@ int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_root *dev_root)
 	if (dev_root->fs_info->sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return -EROFS;
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	mutex_lock(&dev_root->fs_info->volume_mutex);
 	dev_root = dev_root->fs_info->dev_root;