diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index a546cd411de4..d277c7111b95 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -1606,16 +1606,9 @@ int btrfs_reserve_metadata_bytes(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				 enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_block_rsv *global_rsv = &fs_info->global_block_rsv;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = __reserve_bytes(fs_info, block_rsv->space_info, orig_bytes, flush);
-	if (ret == -ENOSPC &&
-	    unlikely(root->orphan_cleanup_state == ORPHAN_CLEANUP_STARTED)) {
-		if (block_rsv != global_rsv &&
-		    !btrfs_block_rsv_use_bytes(global_rsv, orig_bytes))
-			ret = 0;
-	}
 	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 		trace_btrfs_space_reservation(fs_info, "space_info:enospc",
 					      block_rsv->space_info->flags,