diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index e930749770ac58..51e7c1f1d93f87 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1051,8 +1051,13 @@ int btrfs_remove_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			< block_group->zone_unusable);
 		WARN_ON(block_group->space_info->disk_total
 			< block_group->length * factor);
+		WARN_ON(block_group->zone_is_active &&
+			block_group->space_info->active_total_bytes
+			< block_group->length);
 	}
 	block_group->space_info->total_bytes -= block_group->length;
+	if (block_group->zone_is_active)
+		block_group->space_info->active_total_bytes -= block_group->length;
 	block_group->space_info->bytes_readonly -=
 		(block_group->length - block_group->zone_unusable);
 	block_group->space_info->bytes_zone_unusable -=
@@ -2107,7 +2112,8 @@ static int read_one_block_group(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
 	trace_btrfs_add_block_group(info, cache, 0);
 	btrfs_update_space_info(info, cache->flags, cache->length,
 				cache->used, cache->bytes_super,
-				cache->zone_unusable, &space_info);
+				cache->zone_unusable, cache->zone_is_active,
+				&space_info);
 
 	cache->space_info = space_info;
 
@@ -2177,7 +2183,7 @@ static int fill_dummy_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 		}
 
 		btrfs_update_space_info(fs_info, bg->flags, em->len, em->len,
-					0, 0, &space_info);
+					0, 0, false, &space_info);
 		bg->space_info = space_info;
 		link_block_group(bg);
 
@@ -2558,7 +2564,7 @@ struct btrfs_block_group *btrfs_make_block_group(struct btrfs_trans_handle *tran
 	trace_btrfs_add_block_group(fs_info, cache, 1);
 	btrfs_update_space_info(fs_info, cache->flags, size, bytes_used,
 				cache->bytes_super, cache->zone_unusable,
-				&cache->space_info);
+				cache->zone_is_active, &cache->space_info);
 	btrfs_update_global_block_rsv(fs_info);
 
 	link_block_group(cache);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 62d25112310d96..826193c31dff32 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ int btrfs_init_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 void btrfs_update_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags,
 			     u64 total_bytes, u64 bytes_used,
 			     u64 bytes_readonly, u64 bytes_zone_unusable,
-			     struct btrfs_space_info **space_info)
+			     bool active, struct btrfs_space_info **space_info)
 {
 	struct btrfs_space_info *found;
 	int factor;
@@ -306,6 +306,8 @@ void btrfs_update_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags,
 	ASSERT(found);
 	spin_lock(&found->lock);
 	found->total_bytes += total_bytes;
+	if (active)
+		found->active_total_bytes += total_bytes;
 	found->disk_total += total_bytes * factor;
 	found->bytes_used += bytes_used;
 	found->disk_used += bytes_used * factor;
@@ -369,6 +371,22 @@ static u64 calc_available_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return avail;
 }
 
+static inline u64 writable_total_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+				       struct btrfs_space_info *space_info)
+{
+	/*
+	 * On regular filesystem, all total_bytes are always writable. On zoned
+	 * filesystem, there may be a limitation imposed by max_active_zones.
+	 * For metadata allocation, we cannot finish an existing active block
+	 * group to avoid a deadlock. Thus, we need to consider only the active
+	 * groups to be writable for metadata space.
+	 */
+	if (!btrfs_is_zoned(fs_info) || (space_info->flags & BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA))
+		return space_info->total_bytes;
+
+	return space_info->active_total_bytes;
+}
+
 int btrfs_can_overcommit(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			 struct btrfs_space_info *space_info, u64 bytes,
 			 enum btrfs_reserve_flush_enum flush)
@@ -383,7 +401,7 @@ int btrfs_can_overcommit(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	used = btrfs_space_info_used(space_info, true);
 	avail = calc_available_free_space(fs_info, space_info, flush);
 
-	if (used + bytes < space_info->total_bytes + avail)
+	if (used + bytes < writable_total_bytes(fs_info, space_info) + avail)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -419,7 +437,7 @@ void btrfs_try_granting_tickets(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		ticket = list_first_entry(head, struct reserve_ticket, list);
 
 		/* Check and see if our ticket can be satisfied now. */
-		if ((used + ticket->bytes <= space_info->total_bytes) ||
+		if ((used + ticket->bytes <= writable_total_bytes(fs_info, space_info)) ||
 		    btrfs_can_overcommit(fs_info, space_info, ticket->bytes,
 					 flush)) {
 			btrfs_space_info_update_bytes_may_use(fs_info,
@@ -750,6 +768,7 @@ btrfs_calc_reclaim_metadata_size(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 {
 	u64 used;
 	u64 avail;
+	u64 total;
 	u64 to_reclaim = space_info->reclaim_size;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&space_info->lock);
@@ -764,8 +783,9 @@ btrfs_calc_reclaim_metadata_size(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * space.  If that's the case add in our overage so we make sure to put
 	 * appropriate pressure on the flushing state machine.
 	 */
-	if (space_info->total_bytes + avail < used)
-		to_reclaim += used - (space_info->total_bytes + avail);
+	total = writable_total_bytes(fs_info, space_info);
+	if (total + avail < used)
+		to_reclaim += used - (total + avail);
 
 	return to_reclaim;
 }
@@ -775,9 +795,12 @@ static bool need_preemptive_reclaim(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 {
 	u64 global_rsv_size = fs_info->global_block_rsv.reserved;
 	u64 ordered, delalloc;
-	u64 thresh = div_factor_fine(space_info->total_bytes, 90);
+	u64 total = writable_total_bytes(fs_info, space_info);
+	u64 thresh;
 	u64 used;
 
+	thresh = div_factor_fine(total, 90);
+
 	lockdep_assert_held(&space_info->lock);
 
 	/* If we're just plain full then async reclaim just slows us down. */
@@ -839,8 +862,8 @@ static bool need_preemptive_reclaim(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 					   BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL);
 	used = space_info->bytes_used + space_info->bytes_reserved +
 	       space_info->bytes_readonly + global_rsv_size;
-	if (used < space_info->total_bytes)
-		thresh += space_info->total_bytes - used;
+	if (used < total)
+		thresh += total - used;
 	thresh >>= space_info->clamp;
 
 	used = space_info->bytes_pinned;
@@ -1557,7 +1580,7 @@ static int __reserve_bytes(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	 * can_overcommit() to ensure we can overcommit to continue.
 	 */
 	if (!pending_tickets &&
-	    ((used + orig_bytes <= space_info->total_bytes) ||
+	    ((used + orig_bytes <= writable_total_bytes(fs_info, space_info)) ||
 	     btrfs_can_overcommit(fs_info, space_info, orig_bytes, flush))) {
 		btrfs_space_info_update_bytes_may_use(fs_info, space_info,
 						      orig_bytes);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
index e7de24a529cfb5..12fd6147f92d60 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ struct btrfs_space_info {
 	u64 bytes_may_use;	/* number of bytes that may be used for
 				   delalloc/allocations */
 	u64 bytes_readonly;	/* total bytes that are read only */
+	/* Total bytes in the space, but only accounts active block groups. */
+	u64 active_total_bytes;
 	u64 bytes_zone_unusable;	/* total bytes that are unusable until
 					   resetting the device zone */
 
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ int btrfs_init_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 void btrfs_update_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags,
 			     u64 total_bytes, u64 bytes_used,
 			     u64 bytes_readonly, u64 bytes_zone_unusable,
-			     struct btrfs_space_info **space_info);
+			     bool active, struct btrfs_space_info **space_info);
 void btrfs_update_space_info_chunk_size(struct btrfs_space_info *space_info,
 					u64 chunk_size);
 struct btrfs_space_info *btrfs_find_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
index 35f6f8988494c5..d0a0d62c527881 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/zoned.c
@@ -1849,6 +1849,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_zoned_get_device(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 bool btrfs_zone_activate(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = block_group->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info = block_group->space_info;
 	struct map_lookup *map;
 	struct btrfs_device *device;
 	u64 physical;
@@ -1860,6 +1861,7 @@ bool btrfs_zone_activate(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
 
 	map = block_group->physical_map;
 
+	spin_lock(&space_info->lock);
 	spin_lock(&block_group->lock);
 	if (block_group->zone_is_active) {
 		ret = true;
@@ -1888,7 +1890,10 @@ bool btrfs_zone_activate(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
 
 	/* Successfully activated all the zones */
 	block_group->zone_is_active = 1;
+	space_info->active_total_bytes += block_group->length;
 	spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+	btrfs_try_granting_tickets(fs_info, space_info);
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 
 	/* For the active block group list */
 	btrfs_get_block_group(block_group);
@@ -1901,6 +1906,7 @@ bool btrfs_zone_activate(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group)
 
 out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock(&block_group->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&space_info->lock);
 	return ret;
 }