diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index 5f75cf0e14b9..e3e141258a22 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -2765,7 +2765,6 @@ void btrfs_zoned_reserve_data_reloc_bg(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	struct btrfs_block_group *bg;
 	struct list_head *bg_list;
 	u64 alloc_flags;
-	bool first = true;
 	bool did_chunk_alloc = false;
 	int index;
 	int ret;
@@ -2782,18 +2781,13 @@ void btrfs_zoned_reserve_data_reloc_bg(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	alloc_flags = btrfs_get_alloc_profile(fs_info, space_info->flags);
 	index = btrfs_bg_flags_to_raid_index(alloc_flags);
 
-	/* Scan the data space_info to find empty block groups. Take the second one. */
 again:
 	bg_list = &space_info->block_groups[index];
 	list_for_each_entry(bg, bg_list, list) {
+
 		if (bg->alloc_offset != 0)
 			continue;
 
-		if (first) {
-			first = false;
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		if (space_info == data_sinfo) {
 			/* Migrate the block group to the data relocation space_info. */
 			struct btrfs_space_info *reloc_sinfo = data_sinfo->sub_group[0];
@@ -2805,8 +2799,6 @@ void btrfs_zoned_reserve_data_reloc_bg(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 
 			down_write(&space_info->groups_sem);
 			list_del_init(&bg->list);
-			/* We can assume this as we choose the second empty one. */
-			ASSERT(!list_empty(&space_info->block_groups[index]));
 			up_write(&space_info->groups_sem);
 
 			spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
@@ -2851,7 +2843,6 @@ void btrfs_zoned_reserve_data_reloc_bg(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		 * We allocated a new block group in the data relocation space_info. We
 		 * can take that one.
 		 */
-		first = false;
 		did_chunk_alloc = true;
 		goto again;
 	}