diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
index 85ff44a74223..3608c1f950f0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ static int create_space_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, u64 flags)
 	if (!space_info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	space_info->fs_info = info;
 	for (i = 0; i < BTRFS_NR_RAID_TYPES; i++)
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&space_info->block_groups[i]);
 	init_rwsem(&space_info->groups_sem);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
index 98ea35ae60fe..25edfd453b27 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/space-info.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ enum btrfs_flush_state {
 };
 
 struct btrfs_space_info {
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
 	u64 total_bytes;	/* total bytes in the space,