diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index fd62aa8..a07b8c0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1495,7 +1495,6 @@
 	int do_barriers;
 	int closing;
 	int log_root_recovering;
-	int enospc_unlink;
 
 	u64 total_pinned;
 
@@ -3183,6 +3182,9 @@
 int btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(struct btrfs_block_rsv *src_rsv,
 			    struct btrfs_block_rsv *dst_rsv,
 			    u64 num_bytes);
+int btrfs_cond_migrate_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+			     struct btrfs_block_rsv *dest, u64 num_bytes,
+			     int min_factor);
 void btrfs_block_rsv_release(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			     struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv,
 			     u64 num_bytes);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 4ec8305..e14f8bd 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4297,6 +4297,31 @@
 	spin_unlock(&block_rsv->lock);
 }
 
+int btrfs_cond_migrate_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+			     struct btrfs_block_rsv *dest, u64 num_bytes,
+			     int min_factor)
+{
+	struct btrfs_block_rsv *global_rsv = &fs_info->global_block_rsv;
+	u64 min_bytes;
+
+	if (global_rsv->space_info != dest->space_info)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+
+	spin_lock(&global_rsv->lock);
+	min_bytes = div_factor(global_rsv->size, min_factor);
+	if (global_rsv->reserved < min_bytes + num_bytes) {
+		spin_unlock(&global_rsv->lock);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+	global_rsv->reserved -= num_bytes;
+	if (global_rsv->reserved < global_rsv->size)
+		global_rsv->full = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&global_rsv->lock);
+
+	block_rsv_add_bytes(dest, num_bytes, 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void block_rsv_release_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 				    struct btrfs_block_rsv *block_rsv,
 				    struct btrfs_block_rsv *dest, u64 num_bytes)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 5152075..c0e95b1 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -3679,53 +3679,20 @@
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
-		
-
-/* helper to check if there is any shared block in the path */
-static int check_path_shared(struct btrfs_root *root,
-			     struct btrfs_path *path)
-{
-	struct extent_buffer *eb;
-	int level;
-	u64 refs = 1;
-
-	for (level = 0; level < BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL; level++) {
-		int ret;
-
-		if (!path->nodes[level])
-			break;
-		eb = path->nodes[level];
-		if (!btrfs_block_can_be_shared(root, eb))
-			continue;
-		ret = btrfs_lookup_extent_info(NULL, root, eb->start, level, 1,
-					       &refs, NULL);
-		if (refs > 1)
-			return 1;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
 
 /*
  * helper to start transaction for unlink and rmdir.
  *
- * unlink and rmdir are special in btrfs, they do not always free space.
- * so in enospc case, we should make sure they will free space before
- * allowing them to use the global metadata reservation.
+ * unlink and rmdir are special in btrfs, they do not always free space, so
+ * if we cannot make our reservations the normal way try and see if there is
+ * plenty of slack room in the global reserve to migrate, otherwise we cannot
+ * allow the unlink to occur.
  */
-static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir,
-						       struct dentry *dentry)
+static struct btrfs_trans_handle *__unlink_start_trans(struct inode *dir)
 {
 	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(dir)->root;
-	struct btrfs_path *path;
-	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	u64 index;
-	int check_link = 1;
-	int err = -ENOSPC;
 	int ret;
-	u64 ino = btrfs_ino(inode);
-	u64 dir_ino = btrfs_ino(dir);
 
 	/*
 	 * 1 for the possible orphan item
@@ -3738,158 +3705,23 @@
 	if (!IS_ERR(trans) || PTR_ERR(trans) != -ENOSPC)
 		return trans;
 
-	if (ino == BTRFS_EMPTY_SUBVOL_DIR_OBJECTID)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
+	if (PTR_ERR(trans) == -ENOSPC) {
+		u64 num_bytes = btrfs_calc_trans_metadata_size(root, 5);
 
-	/* check if there is someone else holds reference */
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
-
-	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 2)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
-
-	if (xchg(&root->fs_info->enospc_unlink, 1))
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
-
-	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
-	if (!path) {
-		root->fs_info->enospc_unlink = 0;
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
-	/* 1 for the orphan item */
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
-	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
-		btrfs_free_path(path);
-		root->fs_info->enospc_unlink = 0;
-		return trans;
-	}
-
-	path->skip_locking = 1;
-	path->search_commit_root = 1;
-
-	ret = btrfs_lookup_inode(trans, root, path,
-				&BTRFS_I(dir)->location, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		err = ret;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-			goto out;
-	} else {
-		check_link = 0;
-	}
-	btrfs_release_path(path);
-
-	ret = btrfs_lookup_inode(trans, root, path,
-				&BTRFS_I(inode)->location, 0);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		err = ret;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-			goto out;
-	} else {
-		check_link = 0;
-	}
-	btrfs_release_path(path);
-
-	if (ret == 0 && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
-		ret = btrfs_lookup_file_extent(trans, root, path,
-					       ino, (u64)-1, 0);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			err = ret;
-			goto out;
+		trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 0);
+		if (IS_ERR(trans))
+			return trans;
+		ret = btrfs_cond_migrate_bytes(root->fs_info,
+					       &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv,
+					       num_bytes, 5);
+		if (ret) {
+			btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+			return ERR_PTR(ret);
 		}
-		BUG_ON(ret == 0); /* Corruption */
-		if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-			goto out;
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-	}
-
-	if (!check_link) {
-		err = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_item(trans, root, path, dir_ino,
-				dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(di);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	if (di) {
-		if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-			goto out;
-	} else {
-		err = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	btrfs_release_path(path);
-
-	ret = btrfs_get_inode_ref_index(trans, root, path, dentry->d_name.name,
-					dentry->d_name.len, ino, dir_ino, 0,
-					&index);
-	if (ret) {
-		err = ret;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-		goto out;
-
-	btrfs_release_path(path);
-
-	/*
-	 * This is a commit root search, if we can lookup inode item and other
-	 * relative items in the commit root, it means the transaction of
-	 * dir/file creation has been committed, and the dir index item that we
-	 * delay to insert has also been inserted into the commit root. So
-	 * we needn't worry about the delayed insertion of the dir index item
-	 * here.
-	 */
-	di = btrfs_lookup_dir_index_item(trans, root, path, dir_ino, index,
-				dentry->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.len, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(di)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(di);
-		goto out;
-	}
-	BUG_ON(ret == -ENOENT);
-	if (check_path_shared(root, path))
-		goto out;
-
-	err = 0;
-out:
-	btrfs_free_path(path);
-	/* Migrate the orphan reservation over */
-	if (!err)
-		err = btrfs_block_rsv_migrate(trans->block_rsv,
-				&root->fs_info->global_block_rsv,
-				trans->bytes_reserved);
-
-	if (err) {
-		btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
-		root->fs_info->enospc_unlink = 0;
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
-
-	trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->global_block_rsv;
-	return trans;
-}
-
-static void __unlink_end_trans(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			       struct btrfs_root *root)
-{
-	if (trans->block_rsv->type == BTRFS_BLOCK_RSV_GLOBAL) {
-		btrfs_block_rsv_release(root, trans->block_rsv,
-					trans->bytes_reserved);
 		trans->block_rsv = &root->fs_info->trans_block_rsv;
-		BUG_ON(!root->fs_info->enospc_unlink);
-		root->fs_info->enospc_unlink = 0;
+		trans->bytes_reserved = num_bytes;
 	}
-	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
+	return trans;
 }
 
 static int btrfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
@@ -3899,7 +3731,7 @@
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	int ret;
 
-	trans = __unlink_start_trans(dir, dentry);
+	trans = __unlink_start_trans(dir);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans))
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
@@ -3917,7 +3749,7 @@
 	}
 
 out:
-	__unlink_end_trans(trans, root);
+	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -4014,7 +3846,7 @@
 	if (btrfs_ino(inode) == BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	trans = __unlink_start_trans(dir, dentry);
+	trans = __unlink_start_trans(dir);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans))
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
@@ -4036,7 +3868,7 @@
 	if (!err)
 		btrfs_i_size_write(inode, 0);
 out:
-	__unlink_end_trans(trans, root);
+	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(root);
 
 	return err;