diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index fb507a389f40..bc95f5f963fb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -2994,6 +2994,8 @@ void btrfs_free_reserved_bytes(struct btrfs_block_group *cache,
 	if (delalloc)
 		cache->delalloc_bytes -= num_bytes;
 	spin_unlock(&cache->lock);
+
+	btrfs_try_granting_tickets(cache->fs_info, space_info);
 	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 }