diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 59ea2e4349c9..0be7a8742a43 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -1862,11 +1862,13 @@ int btrfs_remove_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group_cache *block_group,
 {
 	struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl = block_group->free_space_ctl;
 	struct btrfs_free_space *info;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
+	bool re_search = false;
 
 	spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 
 again:
+	ret = 0;
 	if (!bytes)
 		goto out_lock;
 
@@ -1879,17 +1881,17 @@ again:
 		info = tree_search_offset(ctl, offset_to_bitmap(ctl, offset),
 					  1, 0);
 		if (!info) {
-			/* the tree logging code might be calling us before we
-			 * have fully loaded the free space rbtree for this
-			 * block group.  So it is possible the entry won't
-			 * be in the rbtree yet at all.  The caching code
-			 * will make sure not to put it in the rbtree if
-			 * the logging code has pinned it.
+			/*
+			 * If we found a partial bit of our free space in a
+			 * bitmap but then couldn't find the other part this may
+			 * be a problem, so WARN about it.
 			 */
+			WARN_ON(re_search);
 			goto out_lock;
 		}
 	}
 
+	re_search = false;
 	if (!info->bitmap) {
 		unlink_free_space(ctl, info);
 		if (offset == info->offset) {
@@ -1935,8 +1937,10 @@ again:
 	}
 
 	ret = remove_from_bitmap(ctl, info, &offset, &bytes);
-	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+		re_search = true;
 		goto again;
+	}
 	BUG_ON(ret); /* logic error */
 out_lock:
 	spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);