diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
index 3766ff29fbbb..605858c2d9a9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-ref.c
@@ -207,6 +207,30 @@ void btrfs_dec_delayed_refs_rsv_bg_updates(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
  * This will refill the delayed block_rsv up to 1 items size worth of space and
  * will return -ENOSPC if we can't make the reservation.
  */
+static int btrfs_zoned_cap_metadata_reservation(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = space_info->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv = &fs_info->delayed_refs_rsv;
+	u64 usable;
+	u64 cap;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info))
+		return 0;
+
+	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
+	usable = space_info->total_bytes - space_info->bytes_zone_unusable;
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
+	cap = usable >> 1;
+
+	spin_lock(&block_rsv->lock);
+	if (block_rsv->size > cap)
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+	spin_unlock(&block_rsv->lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_refill(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				  enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush)
 {
@@ -228,6 +252,10 @@ int btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_refill(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (!num_bytes)
 		return 0;
 
+	ret = btrfs_zoned_cap_metadata_reservation(space_info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = btrfs_reserve_metadata_bytes(space_info, num_bytes, flush);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 4c1fcf9a71a2..77249dcbd7b4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -678,6 +678,14 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, unsigned int num_items,
 		 * here.
 		 */
 		ret = btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_refill(fs_info, flush);
+		if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
+			ASSERT(btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info));
+			ret = btrfs_commit_current_transaction(root);
+			if (ret)
+				goto reserve_fail;
+			ret = btrfs_delayed_refs_rsv_refill(fs_info, flush);
+		}
+
 		if (ret)
 			goto reserve_fail;
 	}