diff --git a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
index 43368db05968..a536091c3f76 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/sysfs.c
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ struct raid_kobject {
 	.store	= _store,						\
 }
 
+#define BTRFS_ATTR_W(_prefix, _name, _store)			        \
+	static struct kobj_attribute btrfs_attr_##_prefix##_##_name =	\
+			__INIT_KOBJ_ATTR(_name, 0200, NULL, _store)
+
 #define BTRFS_ATTR_RW(_prefix, _name, _show, _store)			\
 	static struct kobj_attribute btrfs_attr_##_prefix##_##_name =	\
 			__INIT_KOBJ_ATTR(_name, 0644, _show, _store)
@@ -771,6 +775,52 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_chunk_size_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 	return len;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
+/*
+ * Request chunk allocation with current chunk size.
+ */
+static ssize_t btrfs_force_chunk_alloc_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+					     struct kobj_attribute *a,
+					     const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct btrfs_space_info *space_info = to_space_info(kobj);
+	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = to_fs_info(get_btrfs_kobj(kobj));
+	struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
+	bool val;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (sb_rdonly(fs_info->sb))
+		return -EROFS;
+
+	ret = kstrtobool(buf, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (!val)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * This is unsafe to be called from sysfs context and may cause
+	 * unexpected problems.
+	 */
+	trans = btrfs_start_transaction(fs_info->tree_root, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		return PTR_ERR(trans);
+	ret = btrfs_force_chunk_alloc(trans, space_info->flags);
+	btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
+
+	if (ret == 1)
+		return len;
+
+	return -ENOSPC;
+}
+BTRFS_ATTR_W(space_info, force_chunk_alloc, btrfs_force_chunk_alloc_store);
+
+#endif
+
 SPACE_INFO_ATTR(flags);
 SPACE_INFO_ATTR(total_bytes);
 SPACE_INFO_ATTR(bytes_used);
@@ -837,6 +887,9 @@ static struct attribute *space_info_attrs[] = {
 	BTRFS_ATTR_PTR(space_info, disk_total),
 	BTRFS_ATTR_PTR(space_info, bg_reclaim_threshold),
 	BTRFS_ATTR_PTR(space_info, chunk_size),
+#ifdef CONFIG_BTRFS_DEBUG
+	BTRFS_ATTR_PTR(space_info, force_chunk_alloc),
+#endif
 	NULL,
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(space_info);