diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 3c51e243450d..6b678b968d84 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1536,6 +1536,8 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	unsigned int s_mb_free_pending;
 	struct list_head s_freed_data_list;	/* List of blocks to be freed
 						   after commit completed */
+	struct list_head s_discard_list;
+	struct work_struct s_discard_work;
 	struct rb_root s_mb_avg_fragment_size_root;
 	rwlock_t s_mb_rb_lock;
 	struct list_head *s_mb_largest_free_orders;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 34be2f07449d..907b3577988c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ static void ext4_mb_new_preallocation(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac);
 static bool ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 			       ext4_group_t group, int cr);
 
+static int ext4_try_to_trim_range(struct super_block *sb,
+		struct ext4_buddy *e4b, ext4_grpblk_t start,
+		ext4_grpblk_t max, ext4_grpblk_t minblocks);
+
 /*
  * The algorithm using this percpu seq counter goes below:
  * 1. We sample the percpu discard_pa_seq counter before trying for block
@@ -3308,6 +3312,55 @@ static int ext4_groupinfo_create_slab(size_t size)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void ext4_discard_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = container_of(work,
+			struct ext4_sb_info, s_discard_work);
+	struct super_block *sb = sbi->s_sb;
+	struct ext4_free_data *fd, *nfd;
+	struct ext4_buddy e4b;
+	struct list_head discard_list;
+	ext4_group_t grp, load_grp;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&discard_list);
+	spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
+	list_splice_init(&sbi->s_discard_list, &discard_list);
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
+
+	load_grp = UINT_MAX;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(fd, nfd, &discard_list, efd_list) {
+		/*
+		 * If filesystem is umounting or no memory, give up the discard
+		 */
+		if ((sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE) && !err) {
+			grp = fd->efd_group;
+			if (grp != load_grp) {
+				if (load_grp != UINT_MAX)
+					ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
+
+				err = ext4_mb_load_buddy(sb, grp, &e4b);
+				if (err) {
+					kmem_cache_free(ext4_free_data_cachep, fd);
+					load_grp = UINT_MAX;
+					continue;
+				} else {
+					load_grp = grp;
+				}
+			}
+
+			ext4_lock_group(sb, grp);
+			ext4_try_to_trim_range(sb, &e4b, fd->efd_start_cluster,
+						fd->efd_start_cluster + fd->efd_count - 1, 1);
+			ext4_unlock_group(sb, grp);
+		}
+		kmem_cache_free(ext4_free_data_cachep, fd);
+	}
+
+	if (load_grp != UINT_MAX)
+		ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
+}
+
 int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
@@ -3376,6 +3429,8 @@ int ext4_mb_init(struct super_block *sb)
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 	sbi->s_mb_free_pending = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_freed_data_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->s_discard_list);
+	INIT_WORK(&sbi->s_discard_work, ext4_discard_work);
 
 	sbi->s_mb_max_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MAX_TO_SCAN;
 	sbi->s_mb_min_to_scan = MB_DEFAULT_MIN_TO_SCAN;
@@ -3474,6 +3529,14 @@ int ext4_mb_release(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct kmem_cache *cachep = get_groupinfo_cache(sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 	int count;
 
+	if (test_opt(sb, DISCARD)) {
+		/*
+		 * wait the discard work to drain all of ext4_free_data
+		 */
+		flush_work(&sbi->s_discard_work);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!list_empty(&sbi->s_discard_list));
+	}
+
 	if (sbi->s_group_info) {
 		for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
 			cond_resched();
@@ -3596,7 +3659,6 @@ static void ext4_free_data_in_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
 		put_page(e4b.bd_bitmap_page);
 	}
 	ext4_unlock_group(sb, entry->efd_group);
-	kmem_cache_free(ext4_free_data_cachep, entry);
 	ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 
 	mb_debug(sb, "freed %d blocks in %d structures\n", count,
@@ -3611,10 +3673,9 @@ void ext4_process_freed_data(struct super_block *sb, tid_t commit_tid)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_free_data *entry, *tmp;
-	struct bio *discard_bio = NULL;
 	struct list_head freed_data_list;
 	struct list_head *cut_pos = NULL;
-	int err;
+	bool wake;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&freed_data_list);
 
@@ -3629,30 +3690,20 @@ void ext4_process_freed_data(struct super_block *sb, tid_t commit_tid)
 				  cut_pos);
 	spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
 
-	if (test_opt(sb, DISCARD)) {
-		list_for_each_entry(entry, &freed_data_list, efd_list) {
-			err = ext4_issue_discard(sb, entry->efd_group,
-						 entry->efd_start_cluster,
-						 entry->efd_count,
-						 &discard_bio);
-			if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-				ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "discard request in"
-					 " group:%d block:%d count:%d failed"
-					 " with %d", entry->efd_group,
-					 entry->efd_start_cluster,
-					 entry->efd_count, err);
-			} else if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
-				break;
-		}
-
-		if (discard_bio) {
-			submit_bio_wait(discard_bio);
-			bio_put(discard_bio);
-		}
-	}
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &freed_data_list, efd_list)
+	list_for_each_entry(entry, &freed_data_list, efd_list)
 		ext4_free_data_in_buddy(sb, entry);
+
+	if (test_opt(sb, DISCARD)) {
+		spin_lock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
+		wake = list_empty(&sbi->s_discard_list);
+		list_splice_tail(&freed_data_list, &sbi->s_discard_list);
+		spin_unlock(&sbi->s_md_lock);
+		if (wake)
+			queue_work(system_unbound_wq, &sbi->s_discard_work);
+	} else {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &freed_data_list, efd_list)
+			kmem_cache_free(ext4_free_data_cachep, entry);
+	}
 }
 
 int __init ext4_init_mballoc(void)