diff --git a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
index ec0b50b8c5d6f..ac9966e76a2f4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/delayed-inode.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static int btrfs_delayed_inode_reserve_metadata(
 						      btrfs_ino(inode),
 						      num_bytes, 1);
 		} else {
-			btrfs_qgroup_free_meta_prealloc(root, fs_info->nodesize);
+			btrfs_qgroup_free_meta_prealloc(root, num_bytes);
 		}
 		return ret;
 	}