diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 99eb2bcd9aa7..1afda75d5414 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1214,7 +1214,10 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	/* restriper state */
 	spinlock_t balance_lock;
 	struct mutex balance_mutex;
+	atomic_t balance_running;
+	atomic_t balance_pause_req;
 	struct btrfs_balance_control *balance_ctl;
+	wait_queue_head_t balance_wait_q;
 
 	unsigned data_chunk_allocations;
 	unsigned metadata_ratio;
@@ -2658,6 +2661,7 @@ static inline int btrfs_fs_closing(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 }
 static inline void free_fs_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
+	kfree(fs_info->balance_ctl);
 	kfree(fs_info->delayed_root);
 	kfree(fs_info->extent_root);
 	kfree(fs_info->tree_root);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index eb7a11ac5b73..8ce837407800 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,10 @@ struct btrfs_root *open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->balance_lock);
 	mutex_init(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	atomic_set(&fs_info->balance_running, 0);
+	atomic_set(&fs_info->balance_pause_req, 0);
 	fs_info->balance_ctl = NULL;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&fs_info->balance_wait_q);
 
 	sb->s_blocksize = 4096;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = blksize_bits(4096);
@@ -2980,6 +2983,9 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	fs_info->closing = 1;
 	smp_mb();
 
+	/* pause restriper - we want to resume on mount */
+	btrfs_pause_balance(root->fs_info);
+
 	btrfs_scrub_cancel(root);
 
 	/* wait for any defraggers to finish */
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 29b3a94933f0..f572c53dda4f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3072,6 +3072,11 @@ void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	bargs->flags = bctl->flags;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_running))
+		bargs->state |= BTRFS_BALANCE_STATE_RUNNING;
+	if (atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req))
+		bargs->state |= BTRFS_BALANCE_STATE_PAUSE_REQ;
+
 	memcpy(&bargs->data, &bctl->data, sizeof(bargs->data));
 	memcpy(&bargs->meta, &bctl->meta, sizeof(bargs->meta));
 	memcpy(&bargs->sys, &bctl->sys, sizeof(bargs->sys));
@@ -3103,6 +3108,11 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
 		bargs = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (fs_info->balance_ctl) {
+		ret = -EINPROGRESS;
+		goto out_bargs;
+	}
+
 	bctl = kzalloc(sizeof(*bctl), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!bctl) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -3123,7 +3133,8 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
 
 	ret = btrfs_balance(bctl, bargs);
 	/*
-	 * bctl is freed in __cancel_balance
+	 * bctl is freed in __cancel_balance or in free_fs_info if
+	 * restriper was paused all the way until unmount
 	 */
 	if (arg) {
 		if (copy_to_user(arg, bargs, sizeof(*bargs)))
@@ -3138,6 +3149,19 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static long btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl(struct btrfs_root *root, int cmd)
+{
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case BTRFS_BALANCE_CTL_PAUSE:
+		return btrfs_pause_balance(root->fs_info);
+	}
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
 long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 		cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -3216,6 +3240,8 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 		return btrfs_ioctl_scrub_progress(root, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(root, argp);
+	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL:
+		return btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl(root, arg);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
index c8b37d2c0d77..e972e11a8d77 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args {
 	__u64 reserved[124];			/* pad to 1k */
 };
 
+/* balance control ioctl modes */
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_CTL_PAUSE		1
+
 /*
  * this is packed, because it should be exactly the same as its disk
  * byte order counterpart (struct btrfs_disk_balance_args)
@@ -137,6 +140,9 @@ struct btrfs_balance_progress {
 	__u64 completed;	/* # of chunks relocated so far */
 };
 
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_STATE_RUNNING	(1ULL << 0)
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_STATE_PAUSE_REQ	(1ULL << 1)
+
 struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args {
 	__u64 flags;				/* in/out */
 	__u64 state;				/* out */
@@ -315,6 +321,7 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_logical_ino_args {
 			       struct btrfs_ioctl_fs_info_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2 _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 32, \
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 33, int)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_INO_PATHS _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 35, \
 					struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_path_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_LOGICAL_INO _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 36, \
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index e0160607e6e2..d32660ce753d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2492,6 +2492,11 @@ static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	key.type = BTRFS_CHUNK_ITEM_KEY;
 
 	while (1) {
+		if (atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req)) {
+			ret = -ECANCELED;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
 		ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, chunk_root, &key, path, 0, 0);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto error;
@@ -2553,6 +2558,11 @@ error:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int balance_need_close(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	return atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req) == 0;
+}
+
 static void __cancel_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -2575,7 +2585,8 @@ int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl,
 	u64 allowed;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info)) {
+	if (btrfs_fs_closing(fs_info) ||
+	    atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -2680,18 +2691,25 @@ do_balance:
 		spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
 	}
 
+	atomic_inc(&fs_info->balance_running);
 	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
 
 	ret = __btrfs_balance(fs_info);
 
 	mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	atomic_dec(&fs_info->balance_running);
 
 	if (bargs) {
 		memset(bargs, 0, sizeof(*bargs));
 		update_ioctl_balance_args(fs_info, bargs);
 	}
 
-	__cancel_balance(fs_info);
+	if ((ret && ret != -ECANCELED && ret != -ENOSPC) ||
+	    balance_need_close(fs_info)) {
+		__cancel_balance(fs_info);
+	}
+
+	wake_up(&fs_info->balance_wait_q);
 
 	return ret;
 out:
@@ -2785,6 +2803,35 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int btrfs_pause_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	if (!fs_info->balance_ctl) {
+		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+		return -ENOTCONN;
+	}
+
+	if (atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_running)) {
+		atomic_inc(&fs_info->balance_pause_req);
+		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+
+		wait_event(fs_info->balance_wait_q,
+			   atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_running) == 0);
+
+		mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+		/* we are good with balance_ctl ripped off from under us */
+		BUG_ON(atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_running));
+		atomic_dec(&fs_info->balance_pause_req);
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENOTCONN;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * shrinking a device means finding all of the device extents past
  * the new size, and then following the back refs to the chunks.
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index cd25ea58ec35..80953afb12b9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ int btrfs_init_new_device(struct btrfs_root *root, char *path);
 int btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl,
 		  struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs);
 int btrfs_recover_balance(struct btrfs_root *tree_root);
+int btrfs_pause_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_chunk_readonly(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 chunk_offset);
 int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,