diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 39761ca07f1..56e50137d0e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4593,7 +4593,6 @@ int btrfs_reserve_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 {
 	int ret;
 	u64 search_start = 0;
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *info = root->fs_info;
 
 	data = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(root, data);
 again:
@@ -4601,17 +4600,9 @@ again:
 	 * the only place that sets empty_size is btrfs_realloc_node, which
 	 * is not called recursively on allocations
 	 */
-	if (empty_size || root->ref_cows) {
-		if (!(data & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA)) {
-			ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
-				     2 * 1024 * 1024,
-				     BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA |
-				     (info->metadata_alloc_profile &
-				      info->avail_metadata_alloc_bits), 0);
-		}
+	if (empty_size || root->ref_cows)
 		ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root->fs_info->extent_root,
 				     num_bytes + 2 * 1024 * 1024, data, 0);
-	}
 
 	WARN_ON(num_bytes < root->sectorsize);
 	ret = find_free_extent(trans, root, num_bytes, empty_size,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 7eda483d7b5..198cff28766 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ static int __btrfs_alloc_chunk(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		max_chunk_size = 10 * calc_size;
 		min_stripe_size = 64 * 1024 * 1024;
 	} else if (type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA) {
-		max_chunk_size = 4 * calc_size;
+		max_chunk_size = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 		min_stripe_size = 32 * 1024 * 1024;
 	} else if (type & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM) {
 		calc_size = 8 * 1024 * 1024;