diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index c4f87018fb7910ded5c097226a84021cd7d77ead..2a00d349cd6883cba32d9fd477251889a1c58081 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1988,6 +1988,28 @@ struct bio_set *bioset_create_nobvec(unsigned int pool_size, unsigned int front_
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bioset_create_nobvec);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
+
+/**
+ * bio_associate_blkcg - associate a bio with the specified blkcg
+ * @bio: target bio
+ * @blkcg_css: css of the blkcg to associate
+ *
+ * Associate @bio with the blkcg specified by @blkcg_css.  Block layer will
+ * treat @bio as if it were issued by a task which belongs to the blkcg.
+ *
+ * This function takes an extra reference of @blkcg_css which will be put
+ * when @bio is released.  The caller must own @bio and is responsible for
+ * synchronizing calls to this function.
+ */
+int bio_associate_blkcg(struct bio *bio, struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css)
+{
+	if (unlikely(bio->bi_css))
+		return -EBUSY;
+	css_get(blkcg_css);
+	bio->bi_css = blkcg_css;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * bio_associate_current - associate a bio with %current
  * @bio: target bio
@@ -2005,7 +2027,7 @@ int bio_associate_current(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct io_context *ioc;
 
-	if (bio->bi_ioc)
+	if (bio->bi_css)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	ioc = current->io_context;
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index f0291cf64cc5f6d26a2e60ee5e1cfc02431556d5..5e963a6d7c1427e90a8c2d10f357271b8f6ef33b 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -482,9 +482,12 @@ extern void bvec_free(mempool_t *, struct bio_vec *, unsigned int);
 extern unsigned int bvec_nr_vecs(unsigned short idx);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP
+int bio_associate_blkcg(struct bio *bio, struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css);
 int bio_associate_current(struct bio *bio);
 void bio_disassociate_task(struct bio *bio);
 #else	/* CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP */
+static inline int bio_associate_blkcg(struct bio *bio,
+			struct cgroup_subsys_state *blkcg_css) { return 0; }
 static inline int bio_associate_current(struct bio *bio) { return -ENOENT; }
 static inline void bio_disassociate_task(struct bio *bio) { }
 #endif	/* CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP */