diff --git a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
index 2b869fb2e62c..4ba1ab9cc76d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/relocation.c
@@ -1686,12 +1686,20 @@ static noinline_for_stack int merge_reloc_root(struct reloc_control *rc,
 		btrfs_unlock_up_safe(path, 0);
 	}
 
-	min_reserved = fs_info->nodesize * (BTRFS_MAX_LEVEL - 1) * 2;
+	/*
+	 * In merge_reloc_root(), we modify the upper level pointer to swap the
+	 * tree blocks between reloc tree and subvolume tree.  Thus for tree
+	 * block COW, we COW at most from level 1 to root level for each tree.
+	 *
+	 * Thus the needed metadata size is at most root_level * nodesize,
+	 * and * 2 since we have two trees to COW.
+	 */
+	min_reserved = fs_info->nodesize * btrfs_root_level(root_item) * 2;
 	memset(&next_key, 0, sizeof(next_key));
 
 	while (1) {
 		ret = btrfs_block_rsv_refill(root, rc->block_rsv, min_reserved,
-					     BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_ALL);
+					     BTRFS_RESERVE_FLUSH_LIMIT);
 		if (ret) {
 			err = ret;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c1a4dab8e811..537ccf66ee20 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4135,7 +4135,22 @@ int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
 	if (ret == -ECANCELED && atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req))
 		btrfs_info(fs_info, "balance: paused");
-	else if (ret == -ECANCELED && atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_cancel_req))
+	/*
+	 * Balance can be canceled by:
+	 *
+	 * - Regular cancel request
+	 *   Then ret == -ECANCELED and balance_cancel_req > 0
+	 *
+	 * - Fatal signal to "btrfs" process
+	 *   Either the signal caught by wait_reserve_ticket() and callers
+	 *   got -EINTR, or caught by btrfs_should_cancel_balance() and
+	 *   got -ECANCELED.
+	 *   Either way, in this case balance_cancel_req = 0, and
+	 *   ret == -EINTR or ret == -ECANCELED.
+	 *
+	 * So here we only check the return value to catch canceled balance.
+	 */
+	else if (ret == -ECANCELED || ret == -EINTR)
 		btrfs_info(fs_info, "balance: canceled");
 	else
 		btrfs_info(fs_info, "balance: ended with status: %d", ret);