diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
index 99cb201809af..ce0289f58d38 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
@@ -1897,13 +1897,176 @@ static int bch_btree_check_recurse(struct btree *b, struct btree_op *op)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+
+static int bch_btree_check_thread(void *arg)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct btree_check_info *info = arg;
+	struct btree_check_state *check_state = info->state;
+	struct cache_set *c = check_state->c;
+	struct btree_iter iter;
+	struct bkey *k, *p;
+	int cur_idx, prev_idx, skip_nr;
+	int i, n;
+
+	k = p = NULL;
+	i = n = 0;
+	cur_idx = prev_idx = 0;
+	ret = 0;
+
+	/* root node keys are checked before thread created */
+	bch_btree_iter_init(&c->root->keys, &iter, NULL);
+	k = bch_btree_iter_next_filter(&iter, &c->root->keys, bch_ptr_bad);
+	BUG_ON(!k);
+
+	p = k;
+	while (k) {
+		/*
+		 * Fetch a root node key index, skip the keys which
+		 * should be fetched by other threads, then check the
+		 * sub-tree indexed by the fetched key.
+		 */
+		spin_lock(&check_state->idx_lock);
+		cur_idx = check_state->key_idx;
+		check_state->key_idx++;
+		spin_unlock(&check_state->idx_lock);
+
+		skip_nr = cur_idx - prev_idx;
+
+		while (skip_nr) {
+			k = bch_btree_iter_next_filter(&iter,
+						       &c->root->keys,
+						       bch_ptr_bad);
+			if (k)
+				p = k;
+			else {
+				/*
+				 * No more keys to check in root node,
+				 * current checking threads are enough,
+				 * stop creating more.
+				 */
+				atomic_set(&check_state->enough, 1);
+				/* Update check_state->enough earlier */
+				smp_mb();
+				goto out;
+			}
+			skip_nr--;
+			cond_resched();
+		}
+
+		if (p) {
+			struct btree_op op;
+
+			btree_node_prefetch(c->root, p);
+			c->gc_stats.nodes++;
+			bch_btree_op_init(&op, 0);
+			ret = btree(check_recurse, p, c->root, &op);
+			if (ret)
+				goto out;
+		}
+		p = NULL;
+		prev_idx = cur_idx;
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+
+out:
+	info->result = ret;
+	/* update check_state->started among all CPUs */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&check_state->started))
+		wake_up(&check_state->wait);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+
+static int bch_btree_chkthread_nr(void)
+{
+	int n = num_online_cpus()/2;
+
+	if (n == 0)
+		n = 1;
+	else if (n > BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX)
+		n = BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX;
+
+	return n;
+}
+
 int bch_btree_check(struct cache_set *c)
 {
-	struct btree_op op;
+	int ret = 0;
+	int i;
+	struct bkey *k = NULL;
+	struct btree_iter iter;
+	struct btree_check_state *check_state;
+	char name[32];
 
-	bch_btree_op_init(&op, SHRT_MAX);
+	/* check and mark root node keys */
+	for_each_key_filter(&c->root->keys, k, &iter, bch_ptr_invalid)
+		bch_initial_mark_key(c, c->root->level, k);
+
+	bch_initial_mark_key(c, c->root->level + 1, &c->root->key);
+
+	if (c->root->level == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	check_state = kzalloc(sizeof(struct btree_check_state), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!check_state)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	check_state->c = c;
+	check_state->total_threads = bch_btree_chkthread_nr();
+	check_state->key_idx = 0;
+	spin_lock_init(&check_state->idx_lock);
+	atomic_set(&check_state->started, 0);
+	atomic_set(&check_state->enough, 0);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&check_state->wait);
 
-	return btree_root(check_recurse, c, &op);
+	/*
+	 * Run multiple threads to check btree nodes in parallel,
+	 * if check_state->enough is non-zero, it means current
+	 * running check threads are enough, unncessary to create
+	 * more.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < check_state->total_threads; i++) {
+		/* fetch latest check_state->enough earlier */
+		smp_mb();
+		if (atomic_read(&check_state->enough))
+			break;
+
+		check_state->infos[i].result = 0;
+		check_state->infos[i].state = check_state;
+		snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "bch_btrchk[%u]", i);
+		atomic_inc(&check_state->started);
+
+		check_state->infos[i].thread =
+			kthread_run(bch_btree_check_thread,
+				    &check_state->infos[i],
+				    name);
+		if (IS_ERR(check_state->infos[i].thread)) {
+			pr_err("fails to run thread bch_btrchk[%d]", i);
+			for (--i; i >= 0; i--)
+				kthread_stop(check_state->infos[i].thread);
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	wait_event_interruptible(check_state->wait,
+				 atomic_read(&check_state->started) == 0 ||
+				  test_bit(CACHE_SET_IO_DISABLE, &c->flags));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < check_state->total_threads; i++) {
+		if (check_state->infos[i].result) {
+			ret = check_state->infos[i].result;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+out:
+	kfree(check_state);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void bch_initial_gc_finish(struct cache_set *c)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
index f37153db3f6c..38ca4ab08f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ struct btree {
 	struct bio		*bio;
 };
 
+
+
+
 #define BTREE_FLAG(flag)						\
 static inline bool btree_node_ ## flag(struct btree *b)			\
 {	return test_bit(BTREE_NODE_ ## flag, &b->flags); }		\
@@ -216,6 +219,25 @@ struct btree_op {
 	unsigned int		insert_collision:1;
 };
 
+struct btree_check_state;
+struct btree_check_info {
+	struct btree_check_state	*state;
+	struct task_struct		*thread;
+	int				result;
+};
+
+#define BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX	64
+struct btree_check_state {
+	struct cache_set		*c;
+	int				total_threads;
+	int				key_idx;
+	spinlock_t			idx_lock;
+	atomic_t			started;
+	atomic_t			enough;
+	wait_queue_head_t		wait;
+	struct btree_check_info		infos[BCH_BTR_CHKTHREAD_MAX];
+};
+
 static inline void bch_btree_op_init(struct btree_op *op, int write_lock_level)
 {
 	memset(op, 0, sizeof(struct btree_op));
