diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 591caac2bf81..1f99d7dced17 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ 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))