diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 51bfdfc..502c3d6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define WORK_QUEUED_BIT 0
 #define WORK_DONE_BIT 1
 #define WORK_ORDER_DONE_BIT 2
+#define WORK_HIGH_PRIO_BIT 3
 
 /*
  * container for the kthread task pointer and the list of pending work
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 
 	/* list of struct btrfs_work that are waiting for service */
 	struct list_head pending;
+	struct list_head prio_pending;
 
 	/* list of worker threads from struct btrfs_workers */
 	struct list_head worker_list;
@@ -103,10 +105,16 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&workers->lock, flags);
 
-	while (!list_empty(&workers->order_list)) {
-		work = list_entry(workers->order_list.next,
-				  struct btrfs_work, order_list);
-
+	while (1) {
+		if (!list_empty(&workers->prio_order_list)) {
+			work = list_entry(workers->prio_order_list.next,
+					  struct btrfs_work, order_list);
+		} else if (!list_empty(&workers->order_list)) {
+			work = list_entry(workers->order_list.next,
+					  struct btrfs_work, order_list);
+		} else {
+			break;
+		}
 		if (!test_bit(WORK_DONE_BIT, &work->flags))
 			break;
 
@@ -143,8 +151,14 @@
 	do {
 		spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
 again_locked:
-		while (!list_empty(&worker->pending)) {
-			cur = worker->pending.next;
+		while (1) {
+			if (!list_empty(&worker->prio_pending))
+				cur = worker->prio_pending.next;
+			else if (!list_empty(&worker->pending))
+				cur = worker->pending.next;
+			else
+				break;
+
 			work = list_entry(cur, struct btrfs_work, list);
 			list_del(&work->list);
 			clear_bit(WORK_QUEUED_BIT, &work->flags);
@@ -163,7 +177,6 @@
 
 			spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
 			check_idle_worker(worker);
-
 		}
 		if (freezing(current)) {
 			worker->working = 0;
@@ -178,7 +191,8 @@
 				 * jump_in?
 				 */
 				smp_mb();
-				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending))
+				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending) ||
+				    !list_empty(&worker->prio_pending))
 					continue;
 
 				/*
@@ -191,7 +205,8 @@
 				 */
 				schedule_timeout(1);
 				smp_mb();
-				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending))
+				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending) ||
+				    !list_empty(&worker->prio_pending))
 					continue;
 
 				if (kthread_should_stop())
@@ -200,7 +215,8 @@
 				/* still no more work?, sleep for real */
 				spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);
 				set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending))
+				if (!list_empty(&worker->pending) ||
+				    !list_empty(&worker->prio_pending))
 					goto again_locked;
 
 				/*
@@ -248,6 +264,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workers->worker_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workers->idle_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workers->order_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&workers->prio_order_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&workers->lock);
 	workers->max_workers = max;
 	workers->idle_thresh = 32;
@@ -273,6 +290,7 @@
 		}
 
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->pending);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->prio_pending);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&worker->worker_list);
 		spin_lock_init(&worker->lock);
 		atomic_set(&worker->num_pending, 0);
@@ -396,7 +414,10 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
-	list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->pending);
+	if (test_bit(WORK_HIGH_PRIO_BIT, &work->flags))
+		list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->prio_pending);
+	else
+		list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->pending);
 	atomic_inc(&worker->num_pending);
 
 	/* by definition we're busy, take ourselves off the idle
@@ -422,6 +443,11 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void btrfs_set_work_high_prio(struct btrfs_work *work)
+{
+	set_bit(WORK_HIGH_PRIO_BIT, &work->flags);
+}
+
 /*
  * places a struct btrfs_work into the pending queue of one of the kthreads
  */
@@ -438,7 +464,12 @@
 	worker = find_worker(workers);
 	if (workers->ordered) {
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&workers->lock, flags);
-		list_add_tail(&work->order_list, &workers->order_list);
+		if (test_bit(WORK_HIGH_PRIO_BIT, &work->flags)) {
+			list_add_tail(&work->order_list,
+				      &workers->prio_order_list);
+		} else {
+			list_add_tail(&work->order_list, &workers->order_list);
+		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&workers->lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work->order_list);
@@ -446,7 +477,10 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
 
-	list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->pending);
+	if (test_bit(WORK_HIGH_PRIO_BIT, &work->flags))
+		list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->prio_pending);
+	else
+		list_add_tail(&work->list, &worker->pending);
 	atomic_inc(&worker->num_pending);
 	check_busy_worker(worker);