diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 85e546f..1e7a9ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int lock,
 			       struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs)
 {
 	struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl = fs_info->balance_ctl;
@@ -3082,6 +3082,14 @@
 	memcpy(&bargs->data, &bctl->data, sizeof(bargs->data));
 	memcpy(&bargs->meta, &bctl->meta, sizeof(bargs->meta));
 	memcpy(&bargs->sys, &bctl->sys, sizeof(bargs->sys));
+
+	if (lock) {
+		spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+		memcpy(&bargs->stat, &bctl->stat, sizeof(bargs->stat));
+		spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+	} else {
+		memcpy(&bargs->stat, &bctl->stat, sizeof(bargs->stat));
+	}
 }
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct btrfs_root *root, void __user *arg)
@@ -3181,6 +3189,39 @@
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
+static long btrfs_ioctl_balance_progress(struct btrfs_root *root,
+					 void __user *arg)
+{
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = root->fs_info;
+	struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	mutex_lock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	if (!fs_info->balance_ctl) {
+		ret = -ENOTCONN;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	bargs = kzalloc(sizeof(*bargs), GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!bargs) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	update_ioctl_balance_args(fs_info, 1, bargs);
+
+	if (copy_to_user(arg, bargs, sizeof(*bargs)))
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+
+	kfree(bargs);
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&fs_info->balance_mutex);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 		cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -3261,6 +3302,8 @@
 		return btrfs_ioctl_balance(root, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_balance_ctl(root, arg);
+	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_PROGRESS:
+		return btrfs_ioctl_balance_progress(root, argp);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
index cd19d10..4f69028 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@
 #define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_V2 _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 32, \
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_CTL _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 33, int)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_PROGRESS _IOR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 34, \
+					struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_INO_PATHS _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 35, \
 					struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_path_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_LOGICAL_INO _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 36, \
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c326673..d73439b 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2441,6 +2441,7 @@
 
 static int __btrfs_balance(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
+	struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl = fs_info->balance_ctl;
 	struct btrfs_root *chunk_root = fs_info->chunk_root;
 	struct btrfs_root *dev_root = fs_info->dev_root;
 	struct list_head *devices;
@@ -2456,6 +2457,7 @@
 	int slot;
 	int ret;
 	int enospc_errors = 0;
+	bool counting = true;
 
 	/* step one make some room on all the devices */
 	devices = &fs_info->fs_devices->devices;
@@ -2487,12 +2489,18 @@
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
+
+	/* zero out stat counters */
+	spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+	memset(&bctl->stat, 0, sizeof(bctl->stat));
+	spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+again:
 	key.objectid = BTRFS_FIRST_CHUNK_TREE_OBJECTID;
 	key.offset = (u64)-1;
 	key.type = BTRFS_CHUNK_ITEM_KEY;
 
 	while (1) {
-		if (atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req) ||
+		if ((!counting && atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_pause_req)) ||
 		    atomic_read(&fs_info->balance_cancel_req)) {
 			ret = -ECANCELED;
 			goto error;
@@ -2529,24 +2537,47 @@
 
 		chunk = btrfs_item_ptr(leaf, slot, struct btrfs_chunk);
 
+		if (!counting) {
+			spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+			bctl->stat.considered++;
+			spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+		}
+
 		ret = should_balance_chunk(chunk_root, leaf, chunk,
 					   found_key.offset);
 		btrfs_release_path(path);
 		if (!ret)
 			goto loop;
 
+		if (counting) {
+			spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+			bctl->stat.expected++;
+			spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+			goto loop;
+		}
+
 		ret = btrfs_relocate_chunk(chunk_root,
 					   chunk_root->root_key.objectid,
 					   found_key.objectid,
 					   found_key.offset);
 		if (ret && ret != -ENOSPC)
 			goto error;
-		if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+		if (ret == -ENOSPC) {
 			enospc_errors++;
+		} else {
+			spin_lock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+			bctl->stat.completed++;
+			spin_unlock(&fs_info->balance_lock);
+		}
 loop:
 		key.offset = found_key.offset - 1;
 	}
 
+	if (counting) {
+		btrfs_release_path(path);
+		counting = false;
+		goto again;
+	}
 error:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 	if (enospc_errors) {
@@ -2576,7 +2607,7 @@
 	BUG_ON(ret);
 }
 
-void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+void update_ioctl_balance_args(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, int lock,
 			       struct btrfs_ioctl_balance_args *bargs);
 
 /*
@@ -2706,7 +2737,7 @@
 
 	if (bargs) {
 		memset(bargs, 0, sizeof(*bargs));
-		update_ioctl_balance_args(fs_info, bargs);
+		update_ioctl_balance_args(fs_info, 0, bargs);
 	}
 
 	if ((ret && ret != -ECANCELED && ret != -ENOSPC) ||
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index caa9abd..6faec9d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_SOFT		(1ULL << 9)
 
 struct btrfs_balance_args;
+struct btrfs_balance_progress;
 struct btrfs_balance_control {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
 
@@ -226,6 +227,8 @@
 	struct btrfs_balance_args sys;
 
 	u64 flags;
+
+	struct btrfs_balance_progress stat;
 };
 
 int btrfs_account_dev_extents_size(struct btrfs_device *device, u64 start,