diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 99a8e57da8a1..b77ffbc3a145 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10279,8 +10279,10 @@ void btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		block_group = list_first_entry(&fs_info->unused_bgs,
 					       struct btrfs_block_group_cache,
 					       bg_list);
-		space_info = block_group->space_info;
 		list_del_init(&block_group->bg_list);
+
+		space_info = block_group->space_info;
+
 		if (ret || btrfs_mixed_space_info(space_info)) {
 			btrfs_put_block_group(block_group);
 			continue;
@@ -10294,7 +10296,8 @@ void btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 		if (block_group->reserved ||
 		    btrfs_block_group_used(&block_group->item) ||
-		    block_group->ro) {
+		    block_group->ro ||
+		    list_is_singular(&block_group->list)) {
 			/*
 			 * We want to bail if we made new allocations or have
 			 * outstanding allocations in this block group.  We do