diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 5cd289de4e92..10bffcb37914 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -4318,8 +4318,11 @@ have_block_group:
 			ret = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR))
+		if (unlikely(block_group->cached == BTRFS_CACHE_ERROR)) {
+			if (!cache_block_group_error)
+				cache_block_group_error = -EIO;
 			goto loop;
+		}
 
 		if (!find_free_extent_check_size_class(ffe_ctl, block_group))
 			goto loop;