diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 4f976b52996d..e97446fc9e10 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3892,7 +3892,8 @@ int btrfs_orphan_cleanup(struct btrfs_root *root)
 				if (ret)
 					goto out;
 			}
-			trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+			/* Only deletes the orphan. */
+			trans = btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(root, 1);
 			if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 				goto out;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.c b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
index 4e0ab5842274..600337a84fbe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
@@ -93,6 +93,20 @@ static loff_t merkle_file_pos(const struct inode *inode)
 	return rounded;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Start a transaction for removing verity items or the verity orphan.
+ *
+ * Like unlink, this only deletes items and frees space in the end, so the
+ * reservation may come from the global reserve when the filesystem is full
+ * (-ENOSPC) and is not subject to the qgroup limit (-EDQUOT). Otherwise a
+ * failed enable could never be cleaned up in either situation.
+ */
+static struct btrfs_trans_handle *start_verity_cleanup_trans(struct btrfs_root *root,
+							     unsigned int num_items)
+{
+	return btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv(root, num_items);
+}
+
 /*
  * Drop all the items for this inode with this key_type.
  *
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ static int drop_verity_items(struct btrfs_inode *inode, u8 key_type)
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* 1 for the item being dropped */
-		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
+		trans = start_verity_cleanup_trans(root, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(trans))
 			return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
@@ -466,7 +480,7 @@ static int rollback_verity(struct btrfs_inode *inode)
 	 * 1 for updating the inode flag
 	 * 1 for deleting the orphan
 	 */
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 2);
+	trans = start_verity_cleanup_trans(root, 2);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		trans = NULL;