diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 47feb2c4706a0cc1781efd64d6961e383bdc0f7d..469d56443c638dc07994ead098479b19c08e75a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef int (congested_fn)(void *, int);
 enum bdi_stat_item {
 	BDI_RECLAIMABLE,
 	BDI_WRITEBACK,
+	BDI_WRITTEN,
 	NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 7ba303be5e034742a9a7286381bfe925090eb51a..83f18a1d9d101da595dd8656461feb9103c7c2af 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "BdiDirtyThresh:   %8lu kB\n"
 		   "DirtyThresh:      %8lu kB\n"
 		   "BackgroundThresh: %8lu kB\n"
+		   "BdiWritten:       %8lu kB\n"
 		   "b_dirty:          %8lu\n"
 		   "b_io:             %8lu\n"
 		   "b_more_io:        %8lu\n"
@@ -104,8 +105,13 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "state:            %8lx\n",
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)),
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)),
-		   K(bdi_thresh), K(dirty_thresh),
-		   K(background_thresh), nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io,
+		   K(bdi_thresh),
+		   K(dirty_thresh),
+		   K(background_thresh),
+		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN)),
+		   nr_dirty,
+		   nr_io,
+		   nr_more_io,
 		   !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state);
 #undef K
 
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 9d6ac2b6d942b25c36333481a895fb9966680140..8cd71376c63dc0c95869645e36423a6a08c66678 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  */
 static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
+	__inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN);
 	__prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
 			      bdi->max_prop_frac);
 }