diff --git a/include/xfs_trace.h b/include/xfs_trace.h
index 5605c3c..0698280 100644
--- a/include/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/include/xfs_trace.h
@@ -255,6 +255,9 @@
 #define trace_xfs_refcount_deferred(...)	((void) 0)
 #define trace_xfs_refcount_defer(...)		((void) 0)
 #define trace_xfs_refcount_finish_one_leftover(...)	((void) 0)
+#define trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared(...)	((void) 0)
+#define trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared_result(...)	((void) 0)
+#define trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared_error(...)	((void) 0)
 
 /* set c = c to avoid unused var warnings */
 #define trace_xfs_perag_get(a,b,c,d)	((c) = (c))
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c b/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
index 31028bf..20b4f68 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_refcount.c
@@ -1127,3 +1127,103 @@ xfs_refcount_decrease_extent(
 	return __xfs_refcount_add(mp, dfops, XFS_REFCOUNT_DECREASE,
 			PREV->br_startblock, PREV->br_blockcount);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Given an AG extent, find the lowest-numbered run of shared blocks within
+ * that range and return the range in fbno/flen.  If find_maximal is set,
+ * return the longest extent of shared blocks; if not, just return the first
+ * extent we find.  If no shared blocks are found, flen will be set to zero.
+ */
+int
+xfs_refcount_find_shared(
+	struct xfs_btree_cur		*cur,
+	xfs_agblock_t			agbno,
+	xfs_extlen_t			aglen,
+	xfs_agblock_t			*fbno,
+	xfs_extlen_t			*flen,
+	bool				find_maximal)
+{
+	struct xfs_refcount_irec	tmp;
+	int				i;
+	int				have;
+	int				error;
+
+	trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared(cur->bc_mp, cur->bc_private.a.agno,
+			agbno, aglen);
+
+	/* By default, skip the whole range */
+	*fbno = agbno + aglen;
+	*flen = 0;
+
+	/* Try to find a refcount extent that crosses the start */
+	error = xfs_refcount_lookup_le(cur, agbno, &have);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_error;
+	if (!have) {
+		/* No left extent, look at the next one */
+		error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &have);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		if (!have)
+			goto done;
+	}
+	error = xfs_refcount_get_rec(cur, &tmp, &i);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_error;
+	XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(cur->bc_mp, i == 1, out_error);
+
+	/* If the extent ends before the start, look at the next one */
+	if (tmp.rc_startblock + tmp.rc_blockcount <= agbno) {
+		error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &have);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		if (!have)
+			goto done;
+		error = xfs_refcount_get_rec(cur, &tmp, &i);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(cur->bc_mp, i == 1, out_error);
+	}
+
+	/* If the extent ends after the range we want, bail out */
+	if (tmp.rc_startblock >= agbno + aglen)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* We found the start of a shared extent! */
+	if (tmp.rc_startblock < agbno) {
+		tmp.rc_blockcount -= (agbno - tmp.rc_startblock);
+		tmp.rc_startblock = agbno;
+	}
+
+	*fbno = tmp.rc_startblock;
+	*flen = min(tmp.rc_blockcount, agbno + aglen - *fbno);
+	if (!find_maximal)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Otherwise, find the end of this shared extent */
+	while (*fbno + *flen < agbno + aglen) {
+		error = xfs_btree_increment(cur, 0, &have);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		if (!have)
+			break;
+		error = xfs_refcount_get_rec(cur, &tmp, &i);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_error;
+		XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO(cur->bc_mp, i == 1, out_error);
+		if (tmp.rc_startblock >= agbno + aglen ||
+		    tmp.rc_startblock != *fbno + *flen)
+			break;
+		*flen = min(*flen + tmp.rc_blockcount, agbno + aglen - *fbno);
+	}
+
+done:
+	trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared_result(cur->bc_mp,
+			cur->bc_private.a.agno, *fbno, *flen);
+
+out_error:
+	if (error)
+		trace_xfs_refcount_find_shared_error(cur->bc_mp,
+				cur->bc_private.a.agno, error, _RET_IP_);
+	return error;
+}
diff --git a/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h b/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
index 605d7d7..0ec9a28 100644
--- a/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
+++ b/libxfs/xfs_refcount.h
@@ -53,4 +53,8 @@ extern int xfs_refcount_finish_one(struct xfs_trans *tp,
 		xfs_fsblock_t startblock, xfs_extlen_t blockcount,
 		xfs_extlen_t *adjusted, struct xfs_btree_cur **pcur);
 
+extern int xfs_refcount_find_shared(struct xfs_btree_cur *cur,
+		xfs_agblock_t agbno, xfs_extlen_t aglen, xfs_agblock_t *fbno,
+		xfs_extlen_t *flen, bool find_maximal);
+
 #endif	/* __XFS_REFCOUNT_H__ */
