diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
index d7b6c00171437..af36a6a971fe5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-tree.c
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ int load_free_space_tree(struct btrfs_caching_control *caching_ctl)
 	 */
 	path->skip_locking = 1;
 	path->search_commit_root = 1;
-	path->reada = 1;
+	path->reada = READA_FORWARD;
 
 	info = search_free_space_info(NULL, fs_info, block_group, path, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(info)) {