diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8d3f50d41072..25a0d2070d1c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0a4eefbb745ec0e8a5b694ae3f40cc34082d8f61
+refs/heads/master: d717aa1d31c36cb56059e97966cb76f0be021969
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/trunk/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 978449af4ccd..3fdcc0512d3a 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1040,9 +1040,6 @@ static noinline int balance_level(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	    BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) / 4)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (btrfs_header_nritems(mid) > 2)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (btrfs_header_nritems(mid) < 2)
 		err_on_enospc = 1;
 
@@ -3796,7 +3793,7 @@ int btrfs_del_items(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 		}
 
 		/* delete the leaf if it is mostly empty */
-		if (used < BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root) / 2) {
+		if (used < BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root) / 3) {
 			/* push_leaf_left fixes the path.
 			 * make sure the path still points to our leaf
 			 * for possible call to del_ptr below