diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e7a8303..db67821 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -4823,10 +4823,11 @@
 		goto fail;
 
 	/*
-	 * 1 item for inode ref
+	 * 2 items for inode and inode ref
 	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 * 1 item for parent inode
 	 */
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 3);
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 5);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(trans);
 		goto fail;