diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index f1b56eb..9ab4086 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -64,13 +64,14 @@
 
 enum {
 	Opt_subvol, Opt_nodatasum, Opt_nodatacow, Opt_max_extent,
-	Opt_alloc_start, Opt_err,
+	Opt_alloc_start, Opt_nobarrier, Opt_err,
 };
 
 static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_subvol, "subvol=%s"},
 	{Opt_nodatasum, "nodatasum"},
 	{Opt_nodatacow, "nodatacow"},
+	{Opt_nobarrier, "nobarrier"},
 	{Opt_max_extent, "max_extent=%s"},
 	{Opt_alloc_start, "alloc_start=%s"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL}
@@ -148,6 +149,12 @@
 				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, NODATASUM);
 			}
 			break;
+		case Opt_nobarrier:
+			if (info) {
+				printk("btrfs: turning off barriers\n");
+				btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, NOBARRIER);
+			}
+			break;
 		case Opt_max_extent:
 			if (info) {
 				char *num = match_strdup(&args[0]);