diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 0a3f122dd61fe1858461c0c760b94b78412f3368..f9d13a30aa8aa6eb21358e8688ce7c7dba2b14ad 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -2190,6 +2190,9 @@ static long btrfs_control_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(device);
 		mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
 		break;
+	case BTRFS_IOC_FORGET_DEV:
+		ret = btrfs_forget_devices(vol->name);
+		break;
 	case BTRFS_IOC_DEVICES_READY:
 		mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
 		device = btrfs_scan_one_device(vol->name, FMODE_READ,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 7ca31c83e7307321456cc9c996ee46b68c5345ca..fe122e6099ae7e59f46705a9c7e000770ad6e6c4 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -1446,6 +1446,17 @@ static int btrfs_read_disk_super(struct block_device *bdev, u64 bytenr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int btrfs_forget_devices(const char *path)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&uuid_mutex);
+	ret = btrfs_free_stale_devices(strlen(path) ? path : NULL, NULL);
+	mutex_unlock(&uuid_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Look for a btrfs signature on a device. This may be called out of the mount path
  * and we are not allowed to call set_blocksize during the scan. The superblock
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 656ea8d857709e1fc3871829cfce84dd7d8907bc..3ad9d58d1b6618aea5d79220e48fdf98ac243360 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ int btrfs_open_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices,
 		       fmode_t flags, void *holder);
 struct btrfs_device *btrfs_scan_one_device(const char *path,
 					   fmode_t flags, void *holder);
+int btrfs_forget_devices(const char *path);
 int btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices);
 void btrfs_free_extra_devids(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices, int step);
 void btrfs_assign_next_active_device(struct btrfs_device *device,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
index e0763bc4158e1a514f4647f4238226caeea642ef..c195896d478f295ee80b667597a6c400696ac0dc 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/btrfs.h
@@ -837,6 +837,8 @@ enum btrfs_err_code {
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 4, \
 				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
+#define BTRFS_IOC_FORGET_DEV _IOW(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 5, \
+				   struct btrfs_ioctl_vol_args)
 /* trans start and trans end are dangerous, and only for
  * use by applications that know how to avoid the
  * resulting deadlocks