diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 4b2282aa274e..909cc00ef5ce 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1575,9 +1575,11 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				div64_u64(zone_unusable * 100, bg->length));
 		trace_btrfs_reclaim_block_group(bg);
 		ret = btrfs_relocate_chunk(fs_info, bg->start);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			btrfs_dec_block_group_ro(bg);
 			btrfs_err(fs_info, "error relocating chunk %llu",
 				  bg->start);
+		}
 
 next:
 		btrfs_put_block_group(bg);