diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index cca48e1..1d982cf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM	0x800000 /* Journal checksums */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT	0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_WARN_ON_ERROR	0x2000000 /* Trigger WARN_ON on error */
+#define EXT4_MOUNT_PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS 0x4000000
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC		0x8000000 /* Delalloc support */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_ERR_ABORT	0x10000000 /* Abort on file data write */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_BLOCK_VALIDITY	0x20000000 /* Block validity checking */
@@ -2227,9 +2228,15 @@
 	struct mutex		li_list_mtx;
 };
 
+enum ext4_li_mode {
+	EXT4_LI_MODE_PREFETCH_BBITMAP,
+	EXT4_LI_MODE_ITABLE,
+};
+
 struct ext4_li_request {
 	struct super_block	*lr_super;
-	struct ext4_sb_info	*lr_sbi;
+	enum ext4_li_mode	lr_mode;
+	ext4_group_t		lr_first_not_zeroed;
 	ext4_group_t		lr_next_group;
 	struct list_head	lr_request;
 	unsigned long		lr_next_sched;
@@ -2569,6 +2576,12 @@
 extern void ext4_discard_preallocations(struct inode *);
 extern int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void);
 extern void ext4_exit_mballoc(void);
+extern ext4_group_t ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb,
+				     ext4_group_t group,
+				     unsigned int nr, int *cnt);
+extern void ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+				  unsigned int nr);
+
 extern void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			     struct buffer_head *bh, ext4_fsblk_t block,
 			     unsigned long count, int flags);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 2b51ae7..99b3b75 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -2121,9 +2121,8 @@
  * Start prefetching @nr block bitmaps starting at @group.
  * Return the next group which needs to be prefetched.
  */
-static ext4_group_t
-ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
-		 unsigned int nr, int *cnt)
+ext4_group_t ext4_mb_prefetch(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+			      unsigned int nr, int *cnt)
 {
 	ext4_group_t ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -2173,9 +2172,8 @@
  * waiting for the block allocation bitmap read to finish when
  * ext4_mb_prefetch_fini is called from ext4_mb_regular_allocator().
  */
-static void
-ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
-		      unsigned int nr)
+void ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+			   unsigned int nr)
 {
 	while (nr-- > 0) {
 		struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group,
@@ -2197,7 +2195,6 @@
 	}
 }
 
-
 static noinline_for_stack int
 ext4_mb_regular_allocator(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7dd1f79..3cb16c0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1470,6 +1470,7 @@
 	Opt_dioread_nolock, Opt_dioread_lock,
 	Opt_discard, Opt_nodiscard, Opt_init_itable, Opt_noinit_itable,
 	Opt_max_dir_size_kb, Opt_nojournal_checksum, Opt_nombcache,
+	Opt_prefetch_block_bitmaps,
 };
 
 static const match_table_t tokens = {
@@ -1556,6 +1557,7 @@
 	{Opt_test_dummy_encryption, "test_dummy_encryption"},
 	{Opt_nombcache, "nombcache"},
 	{Opt_nombcache, "no_mbcache"},	/* for backward compatibility */
+	{Opt_prefetch_block_bitmaps, "prefetch_block_bitmaps"},
 	{Opt_removed, "check=none"},	/* mount option from ext2/3 */
 	{Opt_removed, "nocheck"},	/* mount option from ext2/3 */
 	{Opt_removed, "reservation"},	/* mount option from ext2/3 */
@@ -1766,6 +1768,8 @@
 	{Opt_max_dir_size_kb, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
 	{Opt_test_dummy_encryption, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
 	{Opt_nombcache, EXT4_MOUNT_NO_MBCACHE, MOPT_SET},
+	{Opt_prefetch_block_bitmaps, EXT4_MOUNT_PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS,
+	 MOPT_SET},
 	{Opt_err, 0, 0}
 };
 
@@ -3050,15 +3054,34 @@
 static int ext4_run_li_request(struct ext4_li_request *elr)
 {
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
-	ext4_group_t group, ngroups;
-	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct super_block *sb = elr->lr_super;
+	ext4_group_t ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
+	ext4_group_t group = elr->lr_next_group;
 	unsigned long timeout = 0;
+	unsigned int prefetch_ios = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	sb = elr->lr_super;
-	ngroups = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_groups_count;
+	if (elr->lr_mode == EXT4_LI_MODE_PREFETCH_BBITMAP) {
+		elr->lr_next_group = ext4_mb_prefetch(sb, group,
+				EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_prefetch, &prefetch_ios);
+		if (prefetch_ios)
+			ext4_mb_prefetch_fini(sb, elr->lr_next_group,
+					      prefetch_ios);
+		trace_ext4_prefetch_bitmaps(sb, group, elr->lr_next_group,
+					    prefetch_ios);
+		if (group >= elr->lr_next_group) {
+			ret = 1;
+			if (elr->lr_first_not_zeroed != ngroups &&
+			    !sb_rdonly(sb) && test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE)) {
+				elr->lr_next_group = elr->lr_first_not_zeroed;
+				elr->lr_mode = EXT4_LI_MODE_ITABLE;
+				ret = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
 
-	for (group = elr->lr_next_group; group < ngroups; group++) {
+	for (; group < ngroups; group++) {
 		gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
 		if (!gdp) {
 			ret = 1;
@@ -3076,9 +3099,10 @@
 		timeout = jiffies;
 		ret = ext4_init_inode_table(sb, group,
 					    elr->lr_timeout ? 0 : 1);
+		trace_ext4_lazy_itable_init(sb, group);
 		if (elr->lr_timeout == 0) {
 			timeout = (jiffies - timeout) *
-				  elr->lr_sbi->s_li_wait_mult;
+				EXT4_SB(elr->lr_super)->s_li_wait_mult;
 			elr->lr_timeout = timeout;
 		}
 		elr->lr_next_sched = jiffies + elr->lr_timeout;
@@ -3093,15 +3117,11 @@
  */
 static void ext4_remove_li_request(struct ext4_li_request *elr)
 {
-	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
-
 	if (!elr)
 		return;
 
-	sbi = elr->lr_sbi;
-
 	list_del(&elr->lr_request);
-	sbi->s_li_request = NULL;
+	EXT4_SB(elr->lr_super)->s_li_request = NULL;
 	kfree(elr);
 }
 
@@ -3310,7 +3330,6 @@
 static struct ext4_li_request *ext4_li_request_new(struct super_block *sb,
 					    ext4_group_t start)
 {
-	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_li_request *elr;
 
 	elr = kzalloc(sizeof(*elr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3318,8 +3337,13 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	elr->lr_super = sb;
-	elr->lr_sbi = sbi;
-	elr->lr_next_group = start;
+	elr->lr_first_not_zeroed = start;
+	if (test_opt(sb, PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS))
+		elr->lr_mode = EXT4_LI_MODE_PREFETCH_BBITMAP;
+	else {
+		elr->lr_mode = EXT4_LI_MODE_ITABLE;
+		elr->lr_next_group = start;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Randomize first schedule time of the request to
@@ -3337,6 +3361,7 @@
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_li_request *elr = NULL;
 	ext4_group_t ngroups = sbi->s_groups_count;
+	enum ext4_li_mode lr_mode = EXT4_LI_MODE_ITABLE;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ext4_li_mtx);
@@ -3349,8 +3374,10 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (first_not_zeroed == ngroups || sb_rdonly(sb) ||
-	    !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE))
+	if (test_opt(sb, PREFETCH_BLOCK_BITMAPS)) {
+		lr_mode = EXT4_LI_MODE_PREFETCH_BBITMAP;
+	} else if (first_not_zeroed == ngroups || sb_rdonly(sb) ||
+		   !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE))
 		goto out;
 
 	elr = ext4_li_request_new(sb, first_not_zeroed);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/ext4.h b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
index a2dd7b0..038f163 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -2719,6 +2719,50 @@
 		  __entry->function, __entry->line)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_prefetch_bitmaps,
+	    TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
+		     ext4_group_t next, unsigned int prefetch_ios),
+
+	TP_ARGS(sb, group, next, prefetch_ios),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
+		__field(	__u32,	group			)
+		__field(	__u32,	next			)
+		__field(	__u32,	ios			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->dev	= sb->s_dev;
+		__entry->group	= group;
+		__entry->next	= next;
+		__entry->ios	= prefetch_ios;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d group %u next %u ios %u",
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+		  __entry->group, __entry->next, __entry->ios)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_lazy_itable_init,
+	    TP_PROTO(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group),
+
+	TP_ARGS(sb, group),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
+		__field(	__u32,	group			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->dev	= sb->s_dev;
+		__entry->group	= group;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d group %u",
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev), __entry->group)
+);
+
 #endif /* _TRACE_EXT4_H */
 
 /* This part must be outside protection */