diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index ed986c70cbc5e..e5f13922a18fe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3569,6 +3569,17 @@ int __cold open_ctree(struct super_block *sb, struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_device
 	if (sectorsize < PAGE_SIZE) {
 		struct btrfs_subpage_info *subpage_info;
 
+		/*
+		 * V1 space cache has some hardcoded PAGE_SIZE usage, and is
+		 * going to be deprecated.
+		 *
+		 * Force to use v2 cache for subpage case.
+		 */
+		btrfs_clear_opt(fs_info->mount_opt, SPACE_CACHE);
+		btrfs_set_and_info(fs_info, FREE_SPACE_TREE,
+			"forcing free space tree for sector size %u with page size %lu",
+			sectorsize, PAGE_SIZE);
+
 		btrfs_warn(fs_info,
 		"read-write for sector size %u with page size %lu is experimental",
 			   sectorsize, PAGE_SIZE);