diff --git a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
index 43527fd78825b690503347426118e09f76017c95..fd879418fd42f45ad9007f11ee0ad91ff5009e06 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/btrfs_inode.h
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ struct btrfs_inode {
 	 */
 	u64 delalloc_bytes;
 
+	/*
+	 * total number of bytes pending defrag, used by stat to check whether
+	 * it needs COW.
+	 */
+	u64 defrag_bytes;
+
 	/*
 	 * the size of the file stored in the metadata on disk.  data=ordered
 	 * means the in-memory i_size might be larger than the size on disk
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index e326ffdd5c7b2fed7658581e9f11cf0a7a837549..2370d72972e91b1f2aeb80b860bc9d2380455809 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,26 @@ static noinline int run_delalloc_nocow(struct inode *inode,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static inline int need_force_cow(struct inode *inode, u64 start, u64 end)
+{
+
+	if (!(BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW) &&
+	    !(BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_PREALLOC))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * @defrag_bytes is a hint value, no spinlock held here,
+	 * if is not zero, it means the file is defragging.
+	 * Force cow if given extent needs to be defragged.
+	 */
+	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->defrag_bytes &&
+	    test_range_bit(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, start, end,
+			   EXTENT_DEFRAG, 0, NULL))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * extent_io.c call back to do delayed allocation processing
  */
@@ -1454,11 +1474,12 @@ static int run_delalloc_range(struct inode *inode, struct page *locked_page,
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
+	int force_cow = need_force_cow(inode, start, end);
 
-	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW) {
+	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATACOW && !force_cow) {
 		ret = run_delalloc_nocow(inode, locked_page, start, end,
 					 page_started, 1, nr_written);
-	} else if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_PREALLOC) {
+	} else if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_PREALLOC && !force_cow) {
 		ret = run_delalloc_nocow(inode, locked_page, start, end,
 					 page_started, 0, nr_written);
 	} else if (!btrfs_test_opt(root, COMPRESS) &&
@@ -1555,6 +1576,8 @@ static void btrfs_set_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 			       struct extent_state *state, unsigned long *bits)
 {
 
+	if ((*bits & EXTENT_DEFRAG) && !(*bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC))
+		WARN_ON(1);
 	/*
 	 * set_bit and clear bit hooks normally require _irqsave/restore
 	 * but in this case, we are only testing for the DELALLOC
@@ -1577,6 +1600,8 @@ static void btrfs_set_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 				     root->fs_info->delalloc_batch);
 		spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->lock);
 		BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes += len;
+		if (*bits & EXTENT_DEFRAG)
+			BTRFS_I(inode)->defrag_bytes += len;
 		if (do_list && !test_bit(BTRFS_INODE_IN_DELALLOC_LIST,
 					 &BTRFS_I(inode)->runtime_flags))
 			btrfs_add_delalloc_inodes(root, inode);
@@ -1591,6 +1616,13 @@ static void btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 				 struct extent_state *state,
 				 unsigned long *bits)
 {
+	u64 len = state->end + 1 - state->start;
+
+	spin_lock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->lock);
+	if ((state->state & EXTENT_DEFRAG) && (*bits & EXTENT_DEFRAG))
+		BTRFS_I(inode)->defrag_bytes -= len;
+	spin_unlock(&BTRFS_I(inode)->lock);
+
 	/*
 	 * set_bit and clear bit hooks normally require _irqsave/restore
 	 * but in this case, we are only testing for the DELALLOC
@@ -1598,7 +1630,6 @@ static void btrfs_clear_bit_hook(struct inode *inode,
 	 */
 	if ((state->state & EXTENT_DELALLOC) && (*bits & EXTENT_DELALLOC)) {
 		struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
-		u64 len = state->end + 1 - state->start;
 		bool do_list = !btrfs_is_free_space_inode(inode);
 
 		if (*bits & EXTENT_FIRST_DELALLOC) {
@@ -8173,6 +8204,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	ei->last_sub_trans = 0;
 	ei->logged_trans = 0;
 	ei->delalloc_bytes = 0;
+	ei->defrag_bytes = 0;
 	ei->disk_i_size = 0;
 	ei->flags = 0;
 	ei->csum_bytes = 0;
@@ -8231,6 +8263,7 @@ void btrfs_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	WARN_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->reserved_extents);
 	WARN_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->delalloc_bytes);
 	WARN_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->csum_bytes);
+	WARN_ON(BTRFS_I(inode)->defrag_bytes);
 
 	/*
 	 * This can happen where we create an inode, but somebody else also