diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 97c12067a4b09..71c8e7049d0c7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -5278,7 +5278,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		spin_lock(&block_group->free_space_ctl->tree_lock);
 		if (cached &&
 		    block_group->free_space_ctl->free_space <
-		    num_bytes + empty_size) {
+		    num_bytes + empty_cluster + empty_size) {
 			spin_unlock(&block_group->free_space_ctl->tree_lock);
 			goto loop;
 		}