diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index f08210e8333925f7a622c729d6052f8168324545..98b4067017ff63c7e7223471df6f9aef2452e9af 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2221,6 +2221,23 @@ static int chunk_vrange_filter(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int chunk_soft_convert_filter(u64 chunk_profile,
+				     struct btrfs_balance_args *bargs)
+{
+	if (!(bargs->flags & BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_CONVERT))
+		return 0;
+
+	chunk_profile &= BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_PROFILE_MASK;
+
+	if (chunk_profile == 0)
+		chunk_profile = BTRFS_AVAIL_ALLOC_BIT_SINGLE;
+
+	if (bargs->target & chunk_profile)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int should_balance_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 				struct btrfs_chunk *chunk, u64 chunk_offset)
@@ -2272,6 +2289,12 @@ static int should_balance_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* soft profile changing mode */
+	if ((bargs->flags & BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_SOFT) &&
+	    chunk_soft_convert_filter(chunk_type, bargs)) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 79ee9c324562a90c3739d56744ea2fca5451d759..6c143c98017a950848704595e0d92176e8f0c23c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ struct map_lookup {
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_DRANGE	(1ULL << 3)
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_VRANGE	(1ULL << 4)
 
+/*
+ * Profile changing flags.  When SOFT is set we won't relocate chunk if
+ * it already has the target profile (even though it may be
+ * half-filled).
+ */
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_CONVERT	(1ULL << 8)
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_SOFT		(1ULL << 9)
 
 struct btrfs_balance_args;
 struct btrfs_balance_control {