diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index dfd7e6fc66d..e5dd628a526 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ struct btrfs_root {
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_FLUSHONCOMMIT       (1 << 7)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_SSD_SPREAD		(1 << 8)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_NOSSD		(1 << 9)
+#define BTRFS_MOUNT_DISCARD		(1 << 10)
 
 #define btrfs_clear_opt(o, opt)		((o) &= ~BTRFS_MOUNT_##opt)
 #define btrfs_set_opt(o, opt)		((o) |= BTRFS_MOUNT_##opt)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 4aedbff36b8..bf7782fc593 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -1584,6 +1584,9 @@ static int btrfs_discard_extent(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 bytenr,
 	u64 map_length = num_bytes;
 	struct btrfs_multi_bio *multi = NULL;
 
+	if (!btrfs_test_opt(root, DISCARD))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Tell the block device(s) that the sectors can be discarded */
 	ret = btrfs_map_block(&root->fs_info->mapping_tree, READ,
 			      bytenr, &map_length, &multi, 0);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 3fbbf0761ac..939b68f0612 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ enum {
 	Opt_degraded, Opt_subvol, Opt_device, Opt_nodatasum, Opt_nodatacow,
 	Opt_max_extent, Opt_max_inline, Opt_alloc_start, Opt_nobarrier,
 	Opt_ssd, Opt_nossd, Opt_ssd_spread, Opt_thread_pool, Opt_noacl,
-	Opt_compress, Opt_notreelog, Opt_ratio, Opt_flushoncommit, Opt_err,
+	Opt_compress, Opt_notreelog, Opt_ratio, Opt_flushoncommit,
+	Opt_discard, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static match_table_t tokens = {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_notreelog, "notreelog"},
 	{Opt_flushoncommit, "flushoncommit"},
 	{Opt_ratio, "metadata_ratio=%d"},
+	{Opt_discard, "discard"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
 };
 
@@ -257,6 +259,9 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 				       info->metadata_ratio);
 			}
 			break;
+		case Opt_discard:
+			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, DISCARD);
+			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}