diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 911908ea5f6f1..f396a9afa4032 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4310,8 +4310,11 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			ret = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR))
+		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR)) {
+			if (!cache_block_group_error)
+				cache_block_group_error = -EIO;
 			goto loop;
+		}
 
 		if (!find_free_extent_check_size_class(ffe_ctl, block_group))
 			goto loop;