diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 8cf1097439a0..c5583fc2a585 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ static int can_nocow_file_extent(struct btrfs_path *path,
 
 	ret = btrfs_cross_ref_exist(root, btrfs_ino(inode),
 				    key->offset - args->extent_offset,
-				    args->disk_bytenr, false, path);
+				    args->disk_bytenr, args->strict, path);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ret > 0 && is_freespace_inode);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto out;