diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index 1043f66cc130..9fe4ccca50a0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -103,24 +103,17 @@ void btrfs_update_delayed_refs_rsv(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
  * Transfer bytes to our delayed refs rsv.
  *
  * @fs_info:   the filesystem
- * @src:       source block rsv to transfer from
  * @num_bytes: number of bytes to transfer
  *
- * This transfers up to the num_bytes amount from the src rsv to the
+ * This transfers up to the num_bytes amount, previously reserved, to the
  * delayed_refs_rsv.  Any extra bytes are returned to the space info.
  */
 void btrfs_migrate_to_delayed_refs_rsv(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-				       struct btrfs_block_rsv *src,
 				       u64 num_bytes)
 {
 	struct btrfs_block_rsv *delayed_refs_rsv = &fs_info->delayed_refs_rsv;
 	u64 to_free = 0;
 
-	spin_lock(&src->lock);
-	src->reserved -= num_bytes;
-	src->size -= num_bytes;
-	spin_unlock(&src->lock);
-
 	spin_lock(&delayed_refs_rsv->lock);
 	if (delayed_refs_rsv->size > delayed_refs_rsv->reserved) {
 		u64 delta = delayed_refs_rsv->size -
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
index b8e14b0ba5f1..fd9bf2b709c0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.h
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ void btrfs_update_delayed_refs_rsv(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans);
 int btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_refill(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				  enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush);
 void btrfs_migrate_to_delayed_refs_rsv(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
-				       struct btrfs_block_rsv *src,
 				       u64 num_bytes);
 bool btrfs_check_space_for_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 341363beaf10..3b60e56e5e02 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -631,14 +631,14 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
 			reloc_reserved = true;
 		}
 
-		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_add(fs_info, rsv, num_bytes, flush);
+		ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_bytes(fs_info, rsv, num_bytes, flush);
 		if (ret)
 			goto reserve_fail;
 		if (delayed_refs_bytes) {
-			btrfs_migrate_to_delayed_refs_rsv(fs_info, rsv,
-							  delayed_refs_bytes);
+			btrfs_migrate_to_delayed_refs_rsv(fs_info, delayed_refs_bytes);
 			num_bytes -= delayed_refs_bytes;
 		}
+		btrfs_block_rsv_add_bytes(rsv, num_bytes, true);
 
 		if (rsv->space_info->force_alloc)
 			do_chunk_alloc = true;