diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index a4b2b03cd682..d119c0388af1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3168,7 +3168,7 @@ alloc:
 		spin_unlock(&data_sinfo->lock);
 
 		/* commit the current transaction and try again */
-		if (!committed) {
+		if (!committed && !root->fs_info->open_ioctl_trans) {
 			committed = 1;
 			trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root, 1);
 			if (!trans)