diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 2f633e7..60a45f3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@
 		}
 		b = p->nodes[level];
 	} else if (ins_len < 0 && btrfs_header_nritems(b) <
-		   BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) / 4) {
+		   BTRFS_NODEPTRS_PER_BLOCK(root) / 2) {
 		int sret;
 
 		sret = reada_for_balance(root, p, level);
@@ -3807,7 +3807,7 @@
 		}
 
 		/* delete the leaf if it is mostly empty */
-		if (used < BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root) / 4) {
+		if (used < BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root) / 2) {
 			/* push_leaf_left fixes the path.
 			 * make sure the path still points to our leaf
 			 * for possible call to del_ptr below