diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index f1cc247f31786588c17ee8defa3a03436776b3df..14f01dc70ea63d7d62ddb5bbec6444662f9a02b9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -3786,4 +3786,11 @@ static inline int is_fstree(u64 rootid)
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int btrfs_defrag_cancelled(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+{
+	return signal_pending(current);
+}
+
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 6d6314406e2722813825562fc9c5f636c81159b1..d02ec577f70f53ec461518a9a186400504c27026 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,12 @@ int btrfs_defrag_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE))
 			break;
 
+		if (btrfs_defrag_cancelled(root->fs_info)) {
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "btrfs: defrag_file cancelled\n");
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (!should_defrag_range(inode, (u64)i << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
 					 extent_thresh, &last_len, &skip,
 					 &defrag_end, range->flags &
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 60481a53e004cb0e47a8aa74bc0a07c90adb80af..d574d830a1c4b8ee9d19c67716006bcf0ddd88f8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -984,6 +984,12 @@ int btrfs_defrag_root(struct btrfs_root *root)
 
 		if (btrfs_fs_closing(root->fs_info) || ret != -EAGAIN)
 			break;
+
+		if (btrfs_defrag_cancelled(root->fs_info)) {
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "btrfs: defrag_root cancelled\n");
+			ret = -EAGAIN;
+			break;
+		}
 	}
 	root->defrag_running = 0;
 	return ret;