diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 53677ecb8c15..bd206fc300e7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -937,10 +937,17 @@ static bool need_preemptive_reclaim(const struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
 	u64 thresh;
 	u64 used;
 
-	thresh = mult_perc(space_info->total_bytes, 90);
-
 	lockdep_assert_held(&space_info->lock);
 
+	/*
+	 * We have tickets queued, bail so we don't compete with the async
+	 * flushers.
+	 */
+	if (space_info->reclaim_size)
+		return false;
+
+	thresh = mult_perc(space_info->total_bytes, 90);
+
 	/* If we're just plain full then async reclaim just slows us down. */
 	if ((space_info->bytes_used + space_info->bytes_reserved +
 	     global_rsv_size) >= thresh)
@@ -960,13 +967,6 @@ static bool need_preemptive_reclaim(const struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
 	if (used - global_rsv_size <= SZ_128M)
 		return false;
 
-	/*
-	 * We have tickets queued, bail so we don't compete with the async
-	 * flushers.
-	 */
-	if (space_info->reclaim_size)
-		return false;
-
 	/*
 	 * If we have over half of the free space occupied by reservations or
 	 * pinned then we want to start flushing.