diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 857a859948a3..50de1fa6fc9e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -8482,14 +8482,6 @@ int btrfs_set_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	if (IS_ERR(trans))
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);
 
-	alloc_flags = update_block_group_flags(root, cache->flags);
-	if (alloc_flags != cache->flags) {
-		ret = do_chunk_alloc(trans, root, alloc_flags,
-				     CHUNK_ALLOC_FORCE);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
 	ret = set_block_group_ro(cache, 0);
 	if (!ret)
 		goto out;
@@ -8500,6 +8492,11 @@ int btrfs_set_block_group_ro(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		goto out;
 	ret = set_block_group_ro(cache, 0);
 out:
+	if (cache->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM) {
+		alloc_flags = update_block_group_flags(root, cache->flags);
+		check_system_chunk(trans, root, alloc_flags);
+	}
+
 	btrfs_end_transaction(trans, root);
 	return ret;
 }