diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 571fcc5ae4dc..f2ee70c03f0d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4411,8 +4411,11 @@ 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;
+		}
 
 		bg_ret = NULL;
 		ret = do_allocation(block_group, ffe_ctl, &bg_ret);