diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 1e09aeea69c2..1a66be33bb04 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		container_of(work, struct btrfs_fs_info, reclaim_bgs_work);
 	struct btrfs_block_group *bg;
 	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info;
+	LIST_HEAD(retry_list);
 
 	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_OPEN, &fs_info->flags))
 		return;
@@ -1921,8 +1922,11 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 
 next:
-		if (ret)
-			btrfs_mark_bg_to_reclaim(bg);
+		if (ret) {
+			/* Refcount held by the reclaim_bgs list after splice. */
+			btrfs_get_block_group(bg);
+			list_add_tail(&bg->bg_list, &retry_list);
+		}
 		btrfs_put_block_group(bg);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->reclaim_bgs_lock);
@@ -1942,6 +1946,9 @@ void btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->reclaim_bgs_lock);
 end:
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
+	list_splice_tail(&retry_list, &fs_info->reclaim_bgs);
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
 	btrfs_exclop_finish(fs_info);
 	sb_end_write(fs_info->sb);
 }