diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 9ec23b93e019d2af98bde3c99edde6f01c13f073..3a3f916d7c02783ef00c1dbf2e51a6d56a9e484f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -3065,19 +3065,21 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_scrub_progress(struct btrfs_root *root,
 }
 
 static long btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats(struct btrfs_root *root,
-				      void __user *arg, int reset_after_read)
+				      void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats *sa;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (reset_after_read && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	sa = memdup_user(arg, sizeof(*sa));
 	if (IS_ERR(sa))
 		return PTR_ERR(sa);
 
-	ret = btrfs_get_dev_stats(root, sa, reset_after_read);
+	if ((sa->flags & BTRFS_DEV_STATS_RESET) && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		kfree(sa);
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	ret = btrfs_get_dev_stats(root, sa);
 
 	if (copy_to_user(arg, sa, sizeof(*sa)))
 		ret = -EFAULT;
@@ -3475,9 +3477,7 @@ long btrfs_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int
 	case BTRFS_IOC_BALANCE_PROGRESS:
 		return btrfs_ioctl_balance_progress(root, argp);
 	case BTRFS_IOC_GET_DEV_STATS:
-		return btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats(root, argp, 0);
-	case BTRFS_IOC_GET_AND_RESET_DEV_STATS:
-		return btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats(root, argp, 1);
+		return btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats(root, argp);
 	}
 
 	return -ENOTTY;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
index e440aa653c30d6f6c8ad1e7437bfa6e2b4d50799..021c55ed8aed929f5a0d5a03ca94f76490e2779e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.h
@@ -285,9 +285,13 @@ enum btrfs_dev_stat_values {
 	BTRFS_DEV_STAT_VALUES_MAX
 };
 
+/* Reset statistics after reading; needs SYS_ADMIN capability */
+#define	BTRFS_DEV_STATS_RESET		(1ULL << 0)
+
 struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats {
 	__u64 devid;				/* in */
 	__u64 nr_items;				/* in/out */
+	__u64 flags;				/* in/out */
 
 	/* out values: */
 	__u64 values[BTRFS_DEV_STAT_VALUES_MAX];
@@ -361,7 +365,5 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats {
 					struct btrfs_ioctl_ino_path_args)
 #define BTRFS_IOC_GET_DEV_STATS _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 52, \
 				      struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats)
-#define BTRFS_IOC_GET_AND_RESET_DEV_STATS _IOWR(BTRFS_IOCTL_MAGIC, 53, \
-					struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ecaad40e7ef499fedb7667659d9efd955a661eaa..957bf393ab466bb64d63176c07f959e63fd8d43c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -4890,8 +4890,7 @@ static void btrfs_dev_stat_print_on_load(struct btrfs_device *dev)
 }
 
 int btrfs_get_dev_stats(struct btrfs_root *root,
-			struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats *stats,
-			int reset_after_read)
+			struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats *stats)
 {
 	struct btrfs_device *dev;
 	struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices = root->fs_info->fs_devices;
@@ -4909,7 +4908,7 @@ int btrfs_get_dev_stats(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "btrfs: get dev_stats failed, not yet valid\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
-	} else if (reset_after_read) {
+	} else if (stats->flags & BTRFS_DEV_STATS_RESET) {
 		for (i = 0; i < BTRFS_DEV_STAT_VALUES_MAX; i++) {
 			if (stats->nr_items > i)
 				stats->values[i] =
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 95f6637614db5932f8d52daba79943514a7ed8da..e404414a95a9ae0802f22f99dc68eab99198f812 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -293,8 +293,7 @@ struct btrfs_device *btrfs_find_device_for_logical(struct btrfs_root *root,
 void btrfs_dev_stat_print_on_error(struct btrfs_device *device);
 void btrfs_dev_stat_inc_and_print(struct btrfs_device *dev, int index);
 int btrfs_get_dev_stats(struct btrfs_root *root,
-			struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats *stats,
-			int reset_after_read);
+			struct btrfs_ioctl_get_dev_stats *stats);
 int btrfs_init_dev_stats(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 int btrfs_run_dev_stats(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);