diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index bc95f5f963fb1..c9d7465501a47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2961,6 +2961,13 @@ int btrfs_add_reserved_bytes(struct btrfs_block_group *cache,
 						      space_info, -ram_bytes);
 		if (delalloc)
 			cache->delalloc_bytes += num_bytes;
+
+		/*
+		 * Compression can use less space than we reserved, so wake
+		 * tickets if that happens
+		 */
+		if (num_bytes < ram_bytes)
+			btrfs_try_granting_tickets(cache->fs_info, space_info);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);