diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
index 0ec8e22..6d1d74d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
@@ -10031,10 +10031,94 @@ int btrfs_error_unpin_extent_range(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 start, u64 end)
 	return unpin_extent_range(root, start, end, false);
 }
 
+/*
+ * It used to be that old block groups would be left around forever.
+ * Iterating over them would be enough to trim unused space.  Since we
+ * now automatically remove them, we also need to iterate over unallocated
+ * space.
+ *
+ * We don't want a transaction for this since the discard may take a
+ * substantial amount of time.  We don't require that a transaction be
+ * running, but we do need to take a running transaction into account
+ * to ensure that we're not discarding chunks that were released in
+ * the current transaction.
+ *
+ * Holding the chunks lock will prevent other threads from allocating
+ * or releasing chunks, but it won't prevent a running transaction
+ * from committing and releasing the memory that the pending chunks
+ * list head uses.  For that, we need to take a reference to the
+ * transaction.
+ */
+static int btrfs_trim_free_extents(struct btrfs_device *device,
+				   u64 minlen, u64 *trimmed)
+{
+	u64 start = 0, len = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	*trimmed = 0;
+
+	/* Not writeable = nothing to do. */
+	if (!device->writeable)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* No free space = nothing to do. */
+	if (device->total_bytes <= device->bytes_used)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+	while (1) {
+		struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = device->dev_root->fs_info;
+		struct btrfs_transaction *trans;
+
+		ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+		trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
+		if (trans)
+			atomic_inc(&trans->use_count);
+		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
+
+		ret = find_free_dev_extent_start(trans, device, minlen, start,
+						 &start, &len);
+		if (trans)
+			btrfs_put_transaction(trans);
+
+		if (ret) {
+			mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
+			if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+				ret = 0;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = btrfs_issue_discard(device->bdev, start, len);
+		mutex_unlock(&fs_info->chunk_mutex);
+
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		start += len;
+		*trimmed += len;
+
+		if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+			ret = -ERESTARTSYS;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int btrfs_trim_fs(struct btrfs_root *root, struct fstrim_range *range)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
 	struct btrfs_block_group_cache *cache = NULL;
+	struct btrfs_device *device;
+	struct list_head *devices;
 	u64 group_trimmed;
 	u64 start;
 	u64 end;
@@ -10089,6 +10173,18 @@ int btrfs_trim_fs(struct btrfs_root *root, struct fstrim_range *range)
 		cache = next_block_group(fs_info->tree_root, cache);
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+	devices = &root->fs_info->fs_devices->alloc_list;
+	list_for_each_entry(device, devices, dev_alloc_list) {
+		ret = btrfs_trim_free_extents(device, range->minlen,
+					      &group_trimmed);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+
+		trimmed += group_trimmed;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
+
 	range->len = trimmed;
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 96aebf3..ada8965 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1051,15 +1051,19 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int contains_pending_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+static int contains_pending_extent(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction,
 				   struct btrfs_device *device,
 				   u64 *start, u64 len)
 {
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = device->dev_root->fs_info;
 	struct extent_map *em;
-	struct list_head *search_list = &trans->transaction->pending_chunks;
+	struct list_head *search_list = &transaction->pending_chunks;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 physical_start = *start;
 
+	if (!transaction)
+		search_list = &fs_info->pinned_chunks;
+
 again:
 	list_for_each_entry(em, search_list, list) {
 		struct map_lookup *map;
@@ -1078,8 +1082,8 @@ again:
 			ret = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	if (search_list == &trans->transaction->pending_chunks) {
-		search_list = &trans->root->fs_info->pinned_chunks;
+	if (search_list == &transaction->pending_chunks) {
+		search_list = &fs_info->pinned_chunks;
 		goto again;
 	}
 
@@ -1088,12 +1092,13 @@ again:
 
 
 /*
- * find_free_dev_extent - find free space in the specified device
- * @device:	the device which we search the free space in
- * @num_bytes:	the size of the free space that we need
- * @start:	store the start of the free space.
- * @len:	the size of the free space. that we find, or the size of the max
- * 		free space if we don't find suitable free space
+ * find_free_dev_extent_start - find free space in the specified device
+ * @device:	  the device which we search the free space in
+ * @num_bytes:	  the size of the free space that we need
+ * @search_start: the position from which to begin the search
+ * @start:	  store the start of the free space.
+ * @len:	  the size of the free space. that we find, or the size
+ *		  of the max free space if we don't find suitable free space
  *
  * this uses a pretty simple search, the expectation is that it is
  * called very infrequently and that a given device has a small number
@@ -1107,9 +1112,9 @@ again:
  * But if we don't find suitable free space, it is used to store the size of
  * the max free space.
  */
-int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
-			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
-			 u64 *start, u64 *len)
+int find_free_dev_extent_start(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction,
+			       struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
+			       u64 search_start, u64 *start, u64 *len)
 {
 	struct btrfs_key key;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = device->dev_root;
@@ -1119,19 +1124,11 @@ int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	u64 max_hole_start;
 	u64 max_hole_size;
 	u64 extent_end;
-	u64 search_start;
 	u64 search_end = device->total_bytes;
 	int ret;
 	int slot;
 	struct extent_buffer *l;
 
-	/* FIXME use last free of some kind */
-
-	/* we don't want to overwrite the superblock on the drive,
-	 * so we make sure to start at an offset of at least 1MB
-	 */
-	search_start = max(root->fs_info->alloc_start, 1024ull * 1024);
-
 	path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!path)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1192,7 +1189,7 @@ again:
 			 * Have to check before we set max_hole_start, otherwise
 			 * we could end up sending back this offset anyway.
 			 */
-			if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device,
+			if (contains_pending_extent(transaction, device,
 						    &search_start,
 						    hole_size)) {
 				if (key.offset >= search_start) {
@@ -1241,7 +1238,7 @@ next:
 	if (search_end > search_start) {
 		hole_size = search_end - search_start;
 
-		if (contains_pending_extent(trans, device, &search_start,
+		if (contains_pending_extent(transaction, device, &search_start,
 					    hole_size)) {
 			btrfs_release_path(path);
 			goto again;
@@ -1267,6 +1264,24 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
+			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
+			 u64 *start, u64 *len)
+{
+	struct btrfs_root *root = device->dev_root;
+	u64 search_start;
+
+	/* FIXME use last free of some kind */
+
+	/*
+	 * we don't want to overwrite the superblock on the drive,
+	 * so we make sure to start at an offset of at least 1MB
+	 */
+	search_start = max(root->fs_info->alloc_start, 1024ull * 1024);
+	return find_free_dev_extent_start(trans->transaction, device,
+					  num_bytes, search_start, start, len);
+}
+
 static int btrfs_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			  struct btrfs_device *device,
 			  u64 start, u64 *dev_extent_len)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index ebc3133..30918a8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ int btrfs_cancel_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_create_uuid_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_check_uuid_tree(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_chunk_readonly(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 chunk_offset);
+int find_free_dev_extent_start(struct btrfs_transaction *transaction,
+			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
+			 u64 search_start, u64 *start, u64 *max_avail);
 int find_free_dev_extent(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			 struct btrfs_device *device, u64 num_bytes,
 			 u64 *start, u64 *max_avail);
