diff --git a/src/add-ons/disk_systems/btrfs/BTRFSAddOn.cpp b/src/add-ons/disk_systems/btrfs/BTRFSAddOn.cpp
index 07122d39cd..b953e9127c 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/disk_systems/btrfs/BTRFSAddOn.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/disk_systems/btrfs/BTRFSAddOn.cpp
@@ -91,10 +91,8 @@ BTRFSAddOn::CreatePartitionHandle(BMutablePartition* partition,
 bool
 BTRFSAddOn::CanInitialize(const BMutablePartition* partition)
 {
-	// We can initialize if the partition is large enough.
-
-	//TODO(lesderid): Check min size
-	return true;
+	// btrfs-progs does not allow volumes smaller than 256MiB
+	return partition->Size() >= 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 }