diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
index 214b15c84d1f..a1fc30adf912 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_foreground.c
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ long bch2_bucket_alloc_new_fs(struct bch_dev *ca)
 static inline unsigned open_buckets_reserved(enum bch_watermark watermark)
 {
 	switch (watermark) {
-	case BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim:
+	case BCH_WATERMARK_interior_updates:
 		return 0;
+	case BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim:
+		return OPEN_BUCKETS_COUNT / 6;
 	case BCH_WATERMARK_btree:
 	case BCH_WATERMARK_btree_copygc:
 		return OPEN_BUCKETS_COUNT / 4;
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_types.h b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_types.h
index b91b7a461056..c2226e947c41 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/alloc_types.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/alloc_types.h
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ struct bucket_alloc_state {
 	x(copygc)			\
 	x(btree)			\
 	x(btree_copygc)			\
-	x(reclaim)
+	x(reclaim)			\
+	x(interior_updates)
 
 enum bch_watermark {
 #define x(name)	BCH_WATERMARK_##name,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
index 9c71e6fb9c41..f3f27bb85a5b 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_io.c
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static void btree_node_write_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	} else {
 		ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, NULL, 0,
 			bch2_btree_node_update_key_get_iter(trans, b, &wbio->key,
-					BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim|
+					BCH_WATERMARK_interior_updates|
 					BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_journal_reclaim|
 					BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_no_enospc|
 					BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_no_check_rw,
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
index 96669fede7d3..aa9da4970740 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_trans_commit.c
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ int bch2_trans_commit_error(struct btree_trans *trans, unsigned flags,
 			    int ret, unsigned long trace_ip)
 {
 	struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
+	enum bch_watermark watermark = flags & BCH_WATERMARK_MASK;
 
 	switch (ret) {
 	case -BCH_ERR_btree_insert_btree_node_full:
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ int bch2_trans_commit_error(struct btree_trans *trans, unsigned flags,
 		 * flag
 		 */
 		if ((flags & BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_journal_reclaim) &&
-		    (flags & BCH_WATERMARK_MASK) != BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim) {
+		    watermark < BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim) {
 			ret = -BCH_ERR_journal_reclaim_would_deadlock;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
index 29aee215384a..9fd2dd0f4682 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/btree_update_interior.c
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static void btree_update_nodes_written(struct btree_update *as)
 	 * which may require allocations as well.
 	 */
 	ret = commit_do(trans, &as->disk_res, &journal_seq,
-			BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim|
+			BCH_WATERMARK_interior_updates|
 			BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_no_enospc|
 			BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_no_check_rw|
 			BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_journal_reclaim,
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ bch2_btree_update_start(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_path *path,
 		unsigned journal_flags = watermark|JOURNAL_RES_GET_CHECK;
 
 		if ((flags & BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_journal_reclaim) &&
-		    watermark != BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim)
+		    watermark < BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim)
 			journal_flags |= JOURNAL_RES_GET_NONBLOCK;
 
 		ret = drop_locks_do(trans,
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ bch2_btree_update_start(struct btree_trans *trans, struct btree_path *path,
 		 */
 		if (bch2_err_matches(ret, ENOSPC) &&
 		    (flags & BCH_TRANS_COMMIT_journal_reclaim) &&
-		    watermark != BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim) {
+		    watermark < BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim) {
 			ret = -BCH_ERR_journal_reclaim_would_deadlock;
 			goto err;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
index 6387e039f789..00aaf4bb5139 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/buckets.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static inline u64 bch2_dev_buckets_reserved(struct bch_dev *ca, enum bch_waterma
 		fallthrough;
 	case BCH_WATERMARK_btree_copygc:
 	case BCH_WATERMARK_reclaim:
+	case BCH_WATERMARK_interior_updates:
 		break;
 	}