diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index bd6d143cea855f4efcfebf45f4509719fbc482de..2cd32175753d8217324f6263ea8d153b3adaffe4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -435,11 +435,8 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 		case Opt_thread_pool:
 			intarg = 0;
 			match_int(&args[0], &intarg);
-			if (intarg) {
+			if (intarg)
 				info->thread_pool_size = intarg;
-				printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: thread pool %d\n",
-				       info->thread_pool_size);
-			}
 			break;
 		case Opt_max_inline:
 			num = match_strdup(&args[0]);
@@ -1118,6 +1115,40 @@ static struct dentry *btrfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
+static void btrfs_set_max_workers(struct btrfs_workers *workers, int new_limit)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&workers->lock);
+	workers->max_workers = new_limit;
+	spin_unlock_irq(&workers->lock);
+}
+
+static void btrfs_resize_thread_pool(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+				     int new_pool_size, int old_pool_size)
+{
+	if (new_pool_size == old_pool_size)
+		return;
+
+	fs_info->thread_pool_size = new_pool_size;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: resize thread pool %d -> %d\n",
+	       old_pool_size, new_pool_size);
+
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->generic_worker, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->delalloc_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->submit_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->caching_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->fixup_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_meta_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_meta_write_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_write_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->delayed_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->readahead_workers, new_pool_size);
+	btrfs_set_max_workers(&fs_info->scrub_workers, new_pool_size);
+}
+
 static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(sb);
@@ -1137,6 +1168,9 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		goto restore;
 	}
 
+	btrfs_resize_thread_pool(fs_info,
+		fs_info->thread_pool_size, old_thread_pool_size);
+
 	if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) == (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1180,7 +1214,8 @@ static int btrfs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	fs_info->compress_type = old_compress_type;
 	fs_info->max_inline = old_max_inline;
 	fs_info->alloc_start = old_alloc_start;
-	fs_info->thread_pool_size = old_thread_pool_size;
+	btrfs_resize_thread_pool(fs_info,
+		old_thread_pool_size, fs_info->thread_pool_size);
 	fs_info->metadata_ratio = old_metadata_ratio;
 	return ret;
 }