diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c b/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
index 6064dd00d041..9efb3016ef11 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c
@@ -541,6 +541,31 @@ struct btrfs_block_rsv *btrfs_use_block_rsv(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 					   BTRFS_RESERVE_NO_FLUSH);
 	if (!ret)
 		return block_rsv;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we are being used for updating a log tree, fail immediately, which
+	 * makes the fsync fallback to a transaction commit.
+	 *
+	 * We don't want to consume from the global block reserve, as that is
+	 * precious space that may be needed to do updates to some trees for
+	 * which we don't reserve space during a transaction commit (update root
+	 * items in the root tree, device stat items in the device tree and
+	 * quota tree updates, see btrfs_init_root_block_rsv()), or to fallback
+	 * to in case we did not reserve enough space to run delayed items,
+	 * delayed references, or anything else we need in order to avoid a
+	 * transaction abort.
+	 *
+	 * We also don't want to do a reservation in flush emergency mode, as
+	 * we end up using metadata that could be critical to allow a
+	 * transaction to complete successfully and therefore increase the
+	 * chances for a transaction abort.
+	 *
+	 * Log trees are an optimization and should never consume from the
+	 * global reserve or be allowed overcommitting metadata.
+	 */
+	if (btrfs_root_id(root) == BTRFS_TREE_LOG_OBJECTID)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
 	/*
 	 * If we couldn't reserve metadata bytes try and use some from
 	 * the global reserve if its space type is the same as the global