diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/journal_reclaim.c b/fs/bcachefs/journal_reclaim.c
index 5ab147e94167..e8fd11abe4c3 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/journal_reclaim.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/journal_reclaim.c
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int __bch2_journal_reclaim(struct journal *j, bool direct)
 		else
 			j->nr_background_reclaim += nr_flushed;
 		trace_journal_reclaim_finish(c, nr_flushed);
-	} while (min_nr);
+	} while (min_nr && nr_flushed);
 
 	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(flags);