diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig b/drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig
index 6dfa653d30db..bf7dd96db9b3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/Kconfig
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ config BCACHE_CLOSURES_DEBUG
 	Keeps all active closures in a linked list and provides a debugfs
 	interface to list them, which makes it possible to see asynchronous
 	operations that get stuck.
+
+config BCACHE_ASYNC_REGISTRAION
+	bool "Asynchronous device registration (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on BCACHE
+	help
+	Add a sysfs file /sys/fs/bcache/register_async. Writing registering
+	device path into this file will returns immediately and the real
+	registration work is handled in kernel work queue in asynchronous
+	way.
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index b971d8e916d5..f9975c22bf7e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -2765,7 +2765,9 @@ static int __init bcache_init(void)
 	static const struct attribute *files[] = {
 		&ksysfs_register.attr,
 		&ksysfs_register_quiet.attr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_BCACHE_ASYNC_REGISTRAION
 		&ksysfs_register_async.attr,
+#endif
 		&ksysfs_pendings_cleanup.attr,
 		NULL
 	};