diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 35da144375a0..fde92bb5da69 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -558,27 +558,20 @@ static void *grab_mapping_entry(struct xa_state *xas,
 	return xa_mk_internal(VM_FAULT_FALLBACK);
 }
 
-/**
- * dax_layout_busy_page - find first pinned page in @mapping
- * @mapping: address space to scan for a page with ref count > 1
- *
- * DAX requires ZONE_DEVICE mapped pages. These pages are never
- * 'onlined' to the page allocator so they are considered idle when
- * page->count == 1. A filesystem uses this interface to determine if
- * any page in the mapping is busy, i.e. for DMA, or other
- * get_user_pages() usages.
- *
- * It is expected that the filesystem is holding locks to block the
- * establishment of new mappings in this address_space. I.e. it expects
- * to be able to run unmap_mapping_range() and subsequently not race
- * mapping_mapped() becoming true.
+/*
+ * Partial pages are included. If end is 0, pages in the range from start
+ * to end of the file are inluded.
  */
-struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
+struct page *dax_layout_busy_page_range(struct address_space *mapping,
+					loff_t start, loff_t end)
 {
-	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, 0);
 	void *entry;
 	unsigned int scanned = 0;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
+	pgoff_t start_idx = start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pgoff_t end_idx = end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start_idx);
+	loff_t len, lstart = round_down(start, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	/*
 	 * In the 'limited' case get_user_pages() for dax is disabled.
@@ -589,6 +582,22 @@ struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 	if (!dax_mapping(mapping) || !mapping_mapped(mapping))
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* If end == 0, all pages from start to till end of file */
+	if (!end) {
+		end_idx = ULONG_MAX;
+		len = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* length is being calculated from lstart and not start.
+		 * This is due to behavior of unmap_mapping_range(). If
+		 * start is say 4094 and end is on 4096 then we want to
+		 * unamp two pages, idx 0 and 1. But unmap_mapping_range()
+		 * will unmap only page at idx 0. If we calculate len
+		 * from the rounded down start, this problem should not
+		 * happen.
+		 */
+		len = end - lstart + 1;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If we race get_user_pages_fast() here either we'll see the
 	 * elevated page count in the iteration and wait, or
@@ -601,10 +610,10 @@ struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 	 * guaranteed to either see new references or prevent new
 	 * references from being established.
 	 */
-	unmap_mapping_range(mapping, 0, 0, 0);
+	unmap_mapping_range(mapping, start, len, 0);
 
 	xas_lock_irq(&xas);
-	xas_for_each(&xas, entry, ULONG_MAX) {
+	xas_for_each(&xas, entry, end_idx) {
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!xa_is_value(entry)))
 			continue;
 		if (unlikely(dax_is_locked(entry)))
@@ -625,6 +634,27 @@ struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 	xas_unlock_irq(&xas);
 	return page;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_layout_busy_page_range);
+
+/**
+ * dax_layout_busy_page - find first pinned page in @mapping
+ * @mapping: address space to scan for a page with ref count > 1
+ *
+ * DAX requires ZONE_DEVICE mapped pages. These pages are never
+ * 'onlined' to the page allocator so they are considered idle when
+ * page->count == 1. A filesystem uses this interface to determine if
+ * any page in the mapping is busy, i.e. for DMA, or other
+ * get_user_pages() usages.
+ *
+ * It is expected that the filesystem is holding locks to block the
+ * establishment of new mappings in this address_space. I.e. it expects
+ * to be able to run unmap_mapping_range() and subsequently not race
+ * mapping_mapped() becoming true.
+ */
+struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+	return dax_layout_busy_page_range(mapping, 0, 0);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_layout_busy_page);
 
 static int __dax_invalidate_entry(struct address_space *mapping,
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 328c2dbb4409..4fd4f866a4d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 		struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping);
+struct page *dax_layout_busy_page_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start, loff_t end);
 dax_entry_t dax_lock_page(struct page *page);
 void dax_unlock_page(struct page *page, dax_entry_t cookie);
 #else
@@ -169,6 +170,11 @@ static inline struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct page *dax_layout_busy_page_range(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t nr_pages)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 		struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
