diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
index 3283da419200..5f8e2171efbf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c
@@ -752,6 +752,14 @@ static int __load_free_space_cache(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *inode,
 			goto free_cache;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * Sync discard ensures that the free space cache is always
+		 * trimmed.  So when reading this in, the state should reflect
+		 * that.
+		 */
+		if (btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, DISCARD_SYNC))
+			e->trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_TRIMMED;
+
 		if (!e->bytes) {
 			kmem_cache_free(btrfs_free_space_cachep, e);
 			goto free_cache;
@@ -2161,6 +2169,22 @@ static int insert_into_bitmap(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Free space merging rules:
+ *  1) Merge trimmed areas together
+ *  2) Let untrimmed areas coalesce with trimmed areas
+ *  3) Always pull neighboring regions from bitmaps
+ *
+ * The above rules are for when we merge free space based on btrfs_trim_state.
+ * Rules 2 and 3 are subtle because they are suboptimal, but are done for the
+ * same reason: to promote larger extent regions which makes life easier for
+ * find_free_extent().  Rule 2 enables coalescing based on the common path
+ * being returning free space from btrfs_finish_extent_commit().  So when free
+ * space is trimmed, it will prevent aggregating trimmed new region and
+ * untrimmed regions in the rb_tree.  Rule 3 is purely to obtain larger extents
+ * and provide find_free_extent() with the largest extents possible hoping for
+ * the reuse path.
+ */
 static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 			  struct btrfs_free_space *info, bool update_stat)
 {
@@ -2169,6 +2193,7 @@ static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	bool merged = false;
 	u64 offset = info->offset;
 	u64 bytes = info->bytes;
+	const bool is_trimmed = btrfs_free_space_trimmed(info);
 
 	/*
 	 * first we want to see if there is free space adjacent to the range we
@@ -2182,7 +2207,9 @@ static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	else
 		left_info = tree_search_offset(ctl, offset - 1, 0, 0);
 
-	if (right_info && !right_info->bitmap) {
+	/* See try_merge_free_space() comment. */
+	if (right_info && !right_info->bitmap &&
+	    (!is_trimmed || btrfs_free_space_trimmed(right_info))) {
 		if (update_stat)
 			unlink_free_space(ctl, right_info);
 		else
@@ -2192,8 +2219,10 @@ static bool try_merge_free_space(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 		merged = true;
 	}
 
+	/* See try_merge_free_space() comment. */
 	if (left_info && !left_info->bitmap &&
-	    left_info->offset + left_info->bytes == offset) {
+	    left_info->offset + left_info->bytes == offset &&
+	    (!is_trimmed || btrfs_free_space_trimmed(left_info))) {
 		if (update_stat)
 			unlink_free_space(ctl, left_info);
 		else
@@ -2229,6 +2258,10 @@ static bool steal_from_bitmap_to_end(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	bytes = (j - i) * ctl->unit;
 	info->bytes += bytes;
 
+	/* See try_merge_free_space() comment. */
+	if (!btrfs_free_space_trimmed(bitmap))
+		info->trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_UNTRIMMED;
+
 	if (update_stat)
 		bitmap_clear_bits(ctl, bitmap, end, bytes);
 	else
@@ -2282,6 +2315,10 @@ static bool steal_from_bitmap_to_front(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 	info->offset -= bytes;
 	info->bytes += bytes;
 
+	/* See try_merge_free_space() comment. */
+	if (!btrfs_free_space_trimmed(bitmap))
+		info->trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_UNTRIMMED;
+
 	if (update_stat)
 		bitmap_clear_bits(ctl, bitmap, info->offset, bytes);
 	else
@@ -2331,7 +2368,8 @@ static void steal_from_bitmap(struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
 
 int __btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			   struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
-			   u64 offset, u64 bytes)
+			   u64 offset, u64 bytes,
+			   enum btrfs_trim_state trim_state)
 {
 	struct btrfs_free_space *info;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2342,6 +2380,7 @@ int __btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 
 	info->offset = offset;
 	info->bytes = bytes;
+	info->trim_state = trim_state;
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&info->offset_index);
 
 	spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
@@ -2387,9 +2426,14 @@ int __btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 int btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 			 u64 bytenr, u64 size)
 {
+	enum btrfs_trim_state trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_UNTRIMMED;
+
+	if (btrfs_test_opt(block_group->fs_info, DISCARD_SYNC))
+		trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_TRIMMED;
+
 	return __btrfs_add_free_space(block_group->fs_info,
 				      block_group->free_space_ctl,
-				      bytenr, size);
+				      bytenr, size, trim_state);
 }
 
 int btrfs_remove_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
@@ -2464,8 +2508,11 @@ int btrfs_remove_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 			}
 			spin_unlock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 
-			ret = btrfs_add_free_space(block_group, offset + bytes,
-						   old_end - (offset + bytes));
+			ret = __btrfs_add_free_space(block_group->fs_info,
+						     ctl,
+						     offset + bytes,
+						     old_end - (offset + bytes),
+						     info->trim_state);
 			WARN_ON(ret);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -2634,6 +2681,7 @@ u64 btrfs_find_space_for_alloc(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 	u64 ret = 0;
 	u64 align_gap = 0;
 	u64 align_gap_len = 0;
+	enum btrfs_trim_state align_gap_trim_state = BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_UNTRIMMED;
 
 	spin_lock(&ctl->tree_lock);
 	entry = find_free_space(ctl, &offset, &bytes_search,
@@ -2650,6 +2698,7 @@ u64 btrfs_find_space_for_alloc(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 		unlink_free_space(ctl, entry);
 		align_gap_len = offset - entry->offset;
 		align_gap = entry->offset;
+		align_gap_trim_state = entry->trim_state;
 
 		entry->offset = offset + bytes;
 		WARN_ON(entry->bytes < bytes + align_gap_len);
@@ -2665,7 +2714,8 @@ u64 btrfs_find_space_for_alloc(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 
 	if (align_gap_len)
 		__btrfs_add_free_space(block_group->fs_info, ctl,
-				       align_gap, align_gap_len);
+				       align_gap, align_gap_len,
+				       align_gap_trim_state);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
index ba9a23241101..66c073f854dc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.h
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 #ifndef BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_CACHE_H
 #define BTRFS_FREE_SPACE_CACHE_H
 
+/*
+ * This is the trim state of an extent or bitmap.
+ */
+enum btrfs_trim_state {
+	BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_UNTRIMMED,
+	BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_TRIMMED,
+};
+
 struct btrfs_free_space {
 	struct rb_node offset_index;
 	u64 offset;
@@ -13,8 +21,14 @@ struct btrfs_free_space {
 	u64 max_extent_size;
 	unsigned long *bitmap;
 	struct list_head list;
+	enum btrfs_trim_state trim_state;
 };
 
+static inline bool btrfs_free_space_trimmed(struct btrfs_free_space *info)
+{
+	return (info->trim_state == BTRFS_TRIM_STATE_TRIMMED);
+}
+
 struct btrfs_free_space_ctl {
 	spinlock_t tree_lock;
 	struct rb_root free_space_offset;
@@ -83,7 +97,8 @@ int btrfs_write_out_ino_cache(struct btrfs_root *root,
 void btrfs_init_free_space_ctl(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group);
 int __btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			   struct btrfs_free_space_ctl *ctl,
-			   u64 bytenr, u64 size);
+			   u64 bytenr, u64 size,
+			   enum btrfs_trim_state trim_state);
 int btrfs_add_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
 			 u64 bytenr, u64 size);
 int btrfs_remove_free_space(struct btrfs_block_group *block_group,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
index 37345fb6191d..d5c9c69d8263 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode-map.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int caching_kthread(void *data)
 
 		if (last != (u64)-1 && last + 1 != key.objectid) {
 			__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, ctl, last + 1,
-					       key.objectid - last - 1);
+					       key.objectid - last - 1, 0);
 			wake_up(&root->ino_cache_wait);
 		}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static int caching_kthread(void *data)
 
 	if (last < root->highest_objectid - 1) {
 		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, ctl, last + 1,
-				       root->highest_objectid - last - 1);
+				       root->highest_objectid - last - 1, 0);
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&root->ino_cache_lock);
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ static void start_caching(struct btrfs_root *root)
 	ret = btrfs_find_free_objectid(root, &objectid);
 	if (!ret && objectid <= BTRFS_LAST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
 		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, ctl, objectid,
-				       BTRFS_LAST_FREE_OBJECTID - objectid + 1);
+				       BTRFS_LAST_FREE_OBJECTID - objectid + 1,
+				       0);
 		wake_up(&root->ino_cache_wait);
 	}
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ void btrfs_return_ino(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 objectid)
 		return;
 again:
 	if (root->ino_cache_state == BTRFS_CACHE_FINISHED) {
-		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, pinned, objectid, 1);
+		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, pinned, objectid, 1, 0);
 	} else {
 		down_write(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
 		spin_lock(&root->ino_cache_lock);
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ void btrfs_return_ino(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 objectid)
 
 		start_caching(root);
 
-		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, pinned, objectid, 1);
+		__btrfs_add_free_space(fs_info, pinned, objectid, 1, 0);
 
 		up_write(&fs_info->commit_root_sem);
 	}
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@ void btrfs_unpin_free_ino(struct btrfs_root *root)
 		spin_unlock(rbroot_lock);
 		if (count)
 			__btrfs_add_free_space(root->fs_info, ctl,
-					       info->offset, count);
+					       info->offset, count, 0);
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_free_space_cachep, info);
 	}
 }
