diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 1ac8db5d..234a084 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1807,6 +1807,9 @@
 			   fs_info->thread_pool_size),
 			   &fs_info->generic_worker);
 
+	btrfs_init_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers, "cache",
+			   2, &fs_info->generic_worker);
+
 	/* a higher idle thresh on the submit workers makes it much more
 	 * likely that bios will be send down in a sane order to the
 	 * devices
@@ -1860,6 +1863,7 @@
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers, 1);
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, 1);
 	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers, 1);
+	btrfs_start_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers, 1);
 
 	fs_info->bdi.ra_pages *= btrfs_super_num_devices(disk_super);
 	fs_info->bdi.ra_pages = max(fs_info->bdi.ra_pages,
@@ -2117,6 +2121,7 @@
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
+	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers);
 fail_alloc:
 	kfree(fs_info->delayed_root);
 fail_iput:
@@ -2584,6 +2589,7 @@
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers);
 	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers);
+	btrfs_stop_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers);
 
 	btrfs_close_devices(fs_info->fs_devices);
 	btrfs_mapping_tree_free(&fs_info->mapping_tree);