diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f7f4bcc09464..10ded9c2be03 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ void btrfs_clear_delalloc_extent(struct inode *vfs_inode,
 		 */
 		if (bits & EXTENT_CLEAR_META_RESV &&
 		    root != fs_info->tree_root)
-			btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, len, false);
+			btrfs_delalloc_release_metadata(inode, len, true);
 
 		/* For sanity tests. */
 		if (btrfs_is_testing(fs_info))