diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 9f9604201333..601d7d45d164 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -2828,6 +2828,7 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_delayed_ref_head *head;
 	int ret;
 	int run_all = count == (unsigned long)-1;
+	bool can_flush_pending_bgs = trans->can_flush_pending_bgs;
 
 	/* We'll clean this up in btrfs_cleanup_transaction */
 	if (trans->aborted)
@@ -2844,6 +2845,7 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 #ifdef SCRAMBLE_DELAYED_REFS
 	delayed_refs->run_delayed_start = find_middle(&delayed_refs->root);
 #endif
+	trans->can_flush_pending_bgs = false;
 	ret = __btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, root, count);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
@@ -2893,6 +2895,7 @@ int btrfs_run_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 out:
 	assert_qgroups_uptodate(trans);
+	trans->can_flush_pending_bgs = can_flush_pending_bgs;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4306,7 +4309,8 @@ static int do_chunk_alloc(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	 * the block groups that were made dirty during the lifetime of the
 	 * transaction.
 	 */
-	if (trans->chunk_bytes_reserved >= (2 * 1024 * 1024ull)) {
+	if (trans->can_flush_pending_bgs &&
+	    trans->chunk_bytes_reserved >= (2 * 1024 * 1024ull)) {
 		btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(trans, trans->root);
 		btrfs_trans_release_chunk_metadata(trans);
 	}
@@ -9560,7 +9564,9 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_block_group_item item;
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	int ret = 0;
+	bool can_flush_pending_bgs = trans->can_flush_pending_bgs;
 
+	trans->can_flush_pending_bgs = false;
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(block_group, tmp, &trans->new_bgs, bg_list) {
 		if (ret)
 			goto next;
@@ -9581,6 +9587,7 @@ void btrfs_create_pending_block_groups(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 next:
 		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
 	}
+	trans->can_flush_pending_bgs = can_flush_pending_bgs;
 }
 
 int btrfs_make_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index a2d6f7bcef6c..376191c7da13 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_items, unsigned int type,
 	h->delayed_ref_elem.seq = 0;
 	h->type = type;
 	h->allocating_chunk = false;
+	h->can_flush_pending_bgs = true;
 	h->reloc_reserved = false;
 	h->sync = false;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&h->qgroup_ref_list);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
index 87964bf8892d..a994bb097ee5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle {
 	short aborted;
 	short adding_csums;
 	bool allocating_chunk;
+	bool can_flush_pending_bgs;
 	bool reloc_reserved;
 	bool sync;
 	unsigned int type;