diff --git a/include/old/old_device.h b/include/old/old_device.h
index a6e9fea86..f67cee2b9 100644
--- a/include/old/old_device.h
+++ b/include/old/old_device.h
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ const char *tst_dev_fs_type(void);
  * Returns path to the device or NULL if it cannot be created.
  * Call tst_release_device() when you're done.
  */
-const char *tst_acquire_device_(void (cleanup_fn)(void), unsigned int size);
+const char *tst_acquire_device_(void (cleanup_fn)(void), unsigned int size, long f_type);
 
-const char *tst_acquire_device__(unsigned int size);
+const char *tst_acquire_device__(unsigned int size, long f_type);
 
 static inline const char *tst_acquire_device(void (cleanup_fn)(void))
 {
-	return tst_acquire_device_(cleanup_fn, 0);
+	return tst_acquire_device_(cleanup_fn, 0, TST_ALL_FILESYSTEMS);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/tst_fs.h b/include/tst_fs.h
index a6f934b0f..ea2c6b527 100644
--- a/include/tst_fs.h
+++ b/include/tst_fs.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef TST_FS_H__
 #define TST_FS_H__
 
+#define TST_ALL_FILESYSTEMS	0
+
 /* man 2 statfs or kernel-source/include/uapi/linux/magic.h */
 #define TST_BTRFS_MAGIC    0x9123683E
 #define TST_NFS_MAGIC      0x6969
@@ -49,6 +51,15 @@ enum {
 #define OVL_WORK	OVL_BASE_MNTPOINT"/work"
 #define OVL_MNT		OVL_BASE_MNTPOINT"/ovl"
 
+/*
+ * Returns minimum requested for filesystem size.
+ * This size is enforced for all but tmpfs.
+ *
+ * @fs_type filesystem to be searched for, 0 is for the biggest size of all
+ * supported filesystems (used for .all_filesystems).
+ */
+unsigned int tst_min_fs_size(long f_type);
+
 /*
  * @path: path is the pathname of any file within the mounted file system
  * @mult: mult should be TST_KB, TST_MB or TST_GB
@@ -87,6 +98,11 @@ long tst_fs_type_(void (*cleanup)(void), const char *path);
  */
 const char *tst_fs_type_name(long f_type);
 
+/*
+ * Returns magic given filesystem name.
+ */
+long tst_fs_name_type(const char *fs);
+
 /*
  * Try to get maximum number of hard links to a regular file inside the @dir.
  *
diff --git a/lib/tst_device.c b/lib/tst_device.c
index c34cbe6d1..bb336abe4 100644
--- a/lib/tst_device.c
+++ b/lib/tst_device.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "lapi/syscalls.h"
 #include "test.h"
 #include "safe_macros.h"
+#include "tst_fs.h"
 
 #ifndef LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE
 # define LOOP_CTL_GET_FREE 0x4C82
@@ -44,12 +45,28 @@
 #define LOOP_CONTROL_FILE "/dev/loop-control"
 
 #define DEV_FILE "test_dev.img"
-#define DEV_SIZE_MB 256u
+#define DEV_SIZE_MB_DEFAULT 16u
+#define DEV_SIZE_MB_BTRFS 110u
+#define DEV_SIZE_MB_SQUASHFS 1u
 
 static char dev_path[1024];
 static int device_acquired;
 static unsigned long prev_dev_sec_write;
 
+unsigned int tst_min_fs_size(long f_type)
+{
+	switch (f_type) {
+	case 0:
+		return MAX(DEV_SIZE_MB_BTRFS, DEV_SIZE_MB_DEFAULT);
+	case TST_BTRFS_MAGIC:
+		return DEV_SIZE_MB_BTRFS;
+	case TST_SQUASHFS_MAGIC:
+		return DEV_SIZE_MB_SQUASHFS;
+	default:
+		return DEV_SIZE_MB_DEFAULT;
+	}
+}
+
 static const char *dev_variants[] = {
 	"/dev/loop%i",
 	"/dev/loop/%i",
@@ -279,7 +296,7 @@ int tst_dev_sync(int fd)
 
 const char *tst_acquire_loop_device(unsigned int size, const char *filename)
 {
-	unsigned int acq_dev_size = size ? size : DEV_SIZE_MB;
+	unsigned int acq_dev_size = size ?: tst_min_fs_size(0);
 
 	if (tst_prealloc_file(filename, 1024 * 1024, acq_dev_size)) {
 		tst_resm(TWARN | TERRNO, "Failed to create %s", filename);
@@ -295,13 +312,20 @@ const char *tst_acquire_loop_device(unsigned int size, const char *filename)
 	return dev_path;
 }
 
-const char *tst_acquire_device__(unsigned int size)
+const char *tst_acquire_device__(unsigned int size, long f_type)
 {
 	const char *dev;
 	unsigned int acq_dev_size;
 	uint64_t ltp_dev_size;
+	unsigned int min_size = tst_min_fs_size(f_type);
+
+	if (size && size < min_size) {
+		tst_brkm(TBROK, NULL, "Request device size %u smaller than min size: %u",
+				 size, min_size);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
-	acq_dev_size = size ? size : DEV_SIZE_MB;
+	acq_dev_size = size ?: min_size;
 
 	dev = getenv("LTP_DEV");
 
@@ -325,7 +349,7 @@ const char *tst_acquire_device__(unsigned int size)
 	return dev;
 }
 
-const char *tst_acquire_device_(void (cleanup_fn)(void), unsigned int size)
+const char *tst_acquire_device_(void (cleanup_fn)(void), unsigned int size, long f_type)
 {
 	const char *device;
 
@@ -340,7 +364,7 @@ const char *tst_acquire_device_(void (cleanup_fn)(void), unsigned int size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	device = tst_acquire_device__(size);
+	device = tst_acquire_device__(size, f_type);
 
 	if (!device) {
 		tst_brkm(TBROK, cleanup_fn, "Failed to acquire device");
diff --git a/lib/tst_fs_type.c b/lib/tst_fs_type.c
index de4facef5..49db2fff7 100644
--- a/lib/tst_fs_type.c
+++ b/lib/tst_fs_type.c
@@ -43,6 +43,34 @@ long tst_fs_type_(void (*cleanup)(void), const char *path)
 	return sbuf.f_type;
 }
 
+long tst_fs_name_type(const char *fs)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(fs, "btrfs"))
+		return TST_BTRFS_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "exfat"))
+		return TST_EXFAT_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "ext2"))
+		return TST_EXT2_OLD_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "ext3") || !strcmp(fs, "ext4"))
+		return TST_EXT234_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "minix"))
+		return TST_MINIX3_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "msdos"))
+		return TST_VFAT_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "ntfs"))
+		return TST_NTFS_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "squashfs"))
+		return TST_SQUASHFS_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "tmpfs"))
+		return TST_TMPFS_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "vfat"))
+		return TST_VFAT_MAGIC;
+	else if (!strcmp(fs, "xfs"))
+		return TST_XFS_MAGIC;
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 const char *tst_fs_type_name(long f_type)
 {
 	switch (f_type) {
diff --git a/lib/tst_test.c b/lib/tst_test.c
index 657348732..bfc40554f 100644
--- a/lib/tst_test.c
+++ b/lib/tst_test.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,12 @@ static void do_setup(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	if (tst_test->needs_device && !mntpoint_mounted) {
-		tdev.dev = tst_acquire_device_(NULL, tst_test->dev_min_size);
+		long f_type = tst_fs_name_type(tst_test->dev_fs_type ?: DEFAULT_FS_TYPE);
+
+		if (tst_test->all_filesystems)
+			f_type = TST_ALL_FILESYSTEMS;
+
+		tdev.dev = tst_acquire_device_(NULL, tst_test->dev_min_size, f_type);
 
 		if (!tdev.dev)
 			tst_brk(TCONF, "Failed to acquire device");
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/squashfs/squashfs01.c b/testcases/kernel/fs/squashfs/squashfs01.c
index 502de419d..d7f91c129 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/fs/squashfs/squashfs01.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/squashfs/squashfs01.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
 	.needs_root = 1,
 	.needs_device = 1,
 	.dev_min_size = 1,
+	.dev_fs_type = "squashfs",
 	.needs_cmds = (const char *const []) {
 		"mksquashfs",
 		NULL
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify05.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify05.c
index 04670cb1c..a4bc5ef54 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify05.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/fanotify/fanotify05.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
 	.needs_root = 1,
 	.mount_device = 1,
 	.mntpoint = MOUNT_PATH,
+	.dev_min_size = 65,
 };
 #else
 	TST_TEST_TCONF("system doesn't have required fanotify support");
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/preadv2/preadv203.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/preadv2/preadv203.c
index 60dc4a882..8c08c86ea 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/preadv2/preadv203.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/preadv2/preadv203.c
@@ -280,4 +280,5 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
 	.all_filesystems = 1,
 	.max_runtime = 60,
 	.needs_root = 1,
+	.dev_min_size = 230,
 };
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/readahead/readahead02.c b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/readahead/readahead02.c
index 4fa8cfaf8..07a5172fc 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/readahead/readahead02.c
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/readahead/readahead02.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ static struct tst_test test = {
 	},
 	.test = test_readahead,
 	.tcnt = ARRAY_SIZE(tcases),
+	.dev_min_size = 135,
 	.tags = (const struct tst_tag[]) {
 		{"linux-git", "b833a3660394"},
 		{"linux-git", "5b910bd615ba"},
diff --git a/testcases/lib/tst_device.c b/testcases/lib/tst_device.c
index d6b74a5ff..b76abf52b 100644
--- a/testcases/lib/tst_device.c
+++ b/testcases/lib/tst_device.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int acquire_device(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (argc >= 4)
 		device = tst_acquire_loop_device(size, argv[3]);
 	else
-		device = tst_acquire_device__(size);
+		device = tst_acquire_device__(size, TST_ALL_FILESYSTEMS);
 
 	if (!device)
 		return 1;
