diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/btrfs-enospc.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/btrfs-enospc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aebe285227d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/btrfs-enospc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Revert of http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs.git;a=commit;h=5500cdbe14d7435e04f66ff3cfb8ecd8b8e44ebf
+
+Btrfs mailing list where this patch comes from:
+http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs/16650
+
+This change caused early ENOSPC, and should be integrated to some linux 3.3, but it is still
+not there. That's what #btrfs people say.
+
+diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+index dc083f5..079e5a1 100644
+--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
++++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+@@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ static u64 calc_global_metadata_size(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+ 	num_bytes += div64_u64(data_used + meta_used, 50);
+ 
+ 	if (num_bytes * 3 > meta_used)
+-		num_bytes = div64_u64(meta_used, 3) * 2;
++		num_bytes = div64_u64(meta_used, 3);
+ 
+ 	return ALIGN(num_bytes, fs_info->extent_root->leafsize << 10);
+ }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
index 75f6473b57b..9d4a6d001c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/patches.nix
@@ -359,4 +359,9 @@ rec {
       name = "guruplug-arch-number";
       patch = ./guruplug-mach-type.patch;
     };
+
+  btrfs_enospc =
+    { name = "btrfs-enospc-3.3-revert";
+      patch = ./btrfs-enospc.patch;
+    };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 919b2f19642..fd1f06120b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5713,6 +5713,7 @@ let
         kernelPatches.sec_perm_2_6_24
         kernelPatches.aufs3_3
         kernelPatches.efi_bootstub_config_3_3
+        kernelPatches.btrfs_enospc
         #kernelPatches.mips_restart_2_6_36
       ];
   };