diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
index 2bab6b3cdba4..e6d554476db4 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/attributes.c
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ int hfsplus_create_attr(struct inode *inode,
 	if (err)
 		goto failed_init_create_attr;
 
+	/* Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operation */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd.tree, fd.tree->depth + 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto failed_create_attr;
+
 	if (name) {
 		err = hfsplus_attr_build_key(sb, fd.search_key,
 						inode->i_ino, name);
@@ -313,6 +318,11 @@ int hfsplus_delete_attr(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/* Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operation */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd.tree, fd.tree->depth);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (name) {
 		err = hfsplus_attr_build_key(sb, fd.search_key,
 						inode->i_ino, name);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
index de14b2b6881b..d20902f3e015 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
@@ -342,26 +342,21 @@ static struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_new_bmap(struct hfs_bnode *prev, u32 idx)
 	return node;
 }
 
-struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
+/* Make sure @tree has enough space for the @rsvd_nodes */
+int hfs_bmap_reserve(struct hfs_btree *tree, int rsvd_nodes)
 {
-	struct hfs_bnode *node, *next_node;
-	struct page **pagep;
-	u32 nidx, idx;
-	unsigned off;
-	u16 off16;
-	u16 len;
-	u8 *data, byte, m;
-	int i;
+	struct inode *inode = tree->inode;
+	struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
+	u32 count;
+	int res;
 
-	while (!tree->free_nodes) {
-		struct inode *inode = tree->inode;
-		struct hfsplus_inode_info *hip = HFSPLUS_I(inode);
-		u32 count;
-		int res;
+	if (rsvd_nodes <= 0)
+		return 0;
 
+	while (tree->free_nodes < rsvd_nodes) {
 		res = hfsplus_file_extend(inode, hfs_bnode_need_zeroout(tree));
 		if (res)
-			return ERR_PTR(res);
+			return res;
 		hip->phys_size = inode->i_size =
 			(loff_t)hip->alloc_blocks <<
 				HFSPLUS_SB(tree->sb)->alloc_blksz_shift;
@@ -372,6 +367,23 @@ struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
 		tree->free_nodes = count - tree->node_count;
 		tree->node_count = count;
 	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree)
+{
+	struct hfs_bnode *node, *next_node;
+	struct page **pagep;
+	u32 nidx, idx;
+	unsigned off;
+	u16 off16;
+	u16 len;
+	u8 *data, byte, m;
+	int i, res;
+
+	res = hfs_bmap_reserve(tree, 1);
+	if (res)
+		return ERR_PTR(res);
 
 	nidx = 0;
 	node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, nidx);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
index a196369ba779..35472cba750e 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/catalog.c
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ int hfsplus_create_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operations. We may
+	 * have to split the root node at most once.
+	 */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd.tree, 2 * fd.tree->depth);
+	if (err)
+		goto err2;
+
 	hfsplus_cat_build_key_with_cnid(sb, fd.search_key, cnid);
 	entry_size = hfsplus_fill_cat_thread(sb, &entry,
 		S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ?
@@ -333,6 +341,14 @@ int hfsplus_delete_cat(u32 cnid, struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *str)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operations. We may
+	 * have to split the root node at most once.
+	 */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd.tree, 2 * (int)fd.tree->depth - 2);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	if (!str) {
 		int len;
 
@@ -433,6 +449,14 @@ int hfsplus_rename_cat(u32 cnid,
 		return err;
 	dst_fd = src_fd;
 
+	/*
+	 * Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operations. We may
+	 * have to split the root node at most twice.
+	 */
+	err = hfs_bmap_reserve(src_fd.tree, 4 * (int)src_fd.tree->depth - 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	/* find the old dir entry and read the data */
 	err = hfsplus_cat_build_key(sb, src_fd.search_key,
 			src_dir->i_ino, src_name);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
index 8e0f59767694..8a8893d522ef 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/extents.c
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ static int __hfsplus_ext_write_extent(struct inode *inode,
 	if (hip->extent_state & HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW) {
 		if (res != -ENOENT)
 			return res;
+		/* Fail early and avoid ENOSPC during the btree operation */
+		res = hfs_bmap_reserve(fd->tree, fd->tree->depth + 1);
+		if (res)
+			return res;
 		hfs_brec_insert(fd, hip->cached_extents,
 				sizeof(hfsplus_extent_rec));
 		hip->extent_state &= ~(HFSPLUS_EXT_DIRTY | HFSPLUS_EXT_NEW);
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
index 8e039435958a..dd7ad9f13e3a 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/hfsplus_fs.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ static inline unsigned short hfsplus_min_io_size(struct super_block *sb)
 #define hfs_btree_open hfsplus_btree_open
 #define hfs_btree_close hfsplus_btree_close
 #define hfs_btree_write hfsplus_btree_write
+#define hfs_bmap_reserve hfsplus_bmap_reserve
 #define hfs_bmap_alloc hfsplus_bmap_alloc
 #define hfs_bmap_free hfsplus_bmap_free
 #define hfs_bnode_read hfsplus_bnode_read
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ u32 hfsplus_calc_btree_clump_size(u32 block_size, u32 node_size, u64 sectors,
 struct hfs_btree *hfs_btree_open(struct super_block *sb, u32 id);
 void hfs_btree_close(struct hfs_btree *tree);
 int hfs_btree_write(struct hfs_btree *tree);
+int hfs_bmap_reserve(struct hfs_btree *tree, int rsvd_nodes);
 struct hfs_bnode *hfs_bmap_alloc(struct hfs_btree *tree);
 void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *node);
 
