diff --git a/include/linux/crush/crush.h b/include/linux/crush/crush.h
index 07b8fd4f81fc238abb95014ed70410b3f6d8cd36..5f95969347ec52ba66016067651c7480ab50a0cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/crush/crush.h
+++ b/include/linux/crush/crush.h
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ enum {
 	CRUSH_RULE_CHOOSE_LEAF_FIRSTN = 6,
 	CRUSH_RULE_CHOOSE_LEAF_INDEP = 7,
 
-	CRUSH_RULE_SET_CHOOSE_LEAF_TRIES = 9,
+	CRUSH_RULE_SET_CHOOSE_TRIES = 8, /* override choose_total_tries */
+	CRUSH_RULE_SET_CHOOSE_LEAF_TRIES = 9, /* override chooseleaf_descend_once */
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c b/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
index c34320518c8bdaf6b4afa0fd9b6f0e5660c816aa..a1acdea935bf7fb3c8c200813826e90a544eb38d 100644
--- a/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
+++ b/net/ceph/crush/mapper.c
@@ -661,6 +661,11 @@ int crush_do_rule(const struct crush_map *map,
 			wsize = 1;
 			break;
 
+		case CRUSH_RULE_SET_CHOOSE_TRIES:
+			if (curstep->arg1 > 0)
+				choose_tries = curstep->arg1;
+			break;
+
 		case CRUSH_RULE_SET_CHOOSE_LEAF_TRIES:
 			if (curstep->arg1 > 0)
 				choose_leaf_tries = curstep->arg1;