diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 153f71a5bba9..18df434bfe52 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -3799,6 +3799,7 @@ static noinline int find_free_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				u64 flags, int delalloc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
+	int cache_block_group_error = 0;
 	struct btrfs_free_cluster *last_ptr = NULL;
 	struct btrfs_block_group *block_group = NULL;
 	struct find_free_extent_ctl ffe_ctl = {0};
@@ -3958,7 +3959,20 @@ have_block_group:
 		if (unlikely(!ffe_ctl.cached)) {
 			ffe_ctl.have_caching_bg = true;
 			ret = btrfs_cache_block_group(block_group, 0);
-			BUG_ON(ret < 0);
+
+			/*
+			 * If we get ENOMEM here or something else we want to
+			 * try other block groups, because it may not be fatal.
+			 * However if we can't find anything else we need to
+			 * save our return here so that we return the actual
+			 * error that caused problems, not ENOSPC.
+			 */
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				if (!cache_block_group_error)
+					cache_block_group_error = ret;
+				ret = 0;
+				goto loop;
+			}
 			ret = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -4045,7 +4059,7 @@ loop:
 	if (ret > 0)
 		goto search;
 
-	if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+	if (ret == -ENOSPC && !cache_block_group_error) {
 		/*
 		 * Use ffe_ctl->total_free_space as fallback if we can't find
 		 * any contiguous hole.
@@ -4056,6 +4070,8 @@ loop:
 		space_info->max_extent_size = ffe_ctl.max_extent_size;
 		spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 		ins->offset = ffe_ctl.max_extent_size;
+	} else if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
+		ret = cache_block_group_error;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }