diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index c8d12c6f3b1..b5d13c4eea0 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8487,9 +8487,11 @@ static int btrfs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	/*
 	 * 2 items for inode item and ref
 	 * 2 items for dir items
+	 * 1 item for updating parent inode item
+	 * 1 item for the inline extent item
 	 * 1 item for xattr if selinux is on
 	 */
-	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 5);
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 7);
 	if (IS_ERR(trans))
 		return PTR_ERR(trans);