diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
index 2ea5cf5ae210..63d542961b78 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
@@ -931,10 +931,6 @@ void btrfs_submit_compressed_read(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 			sums += fs_info->csum_size * nr_sectors;
 
 			ASSERT(comp_bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
-			ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, comp_bio,
-						  BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA);
-			if (ret)
-				goto finish_cb;
 			ret = btrfs_map_bio(fs_info, comp_bio, mirror_num);
 			if (ret)
 				goto finish_cb;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index e689dba076b0..22a287cbc3e7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -850,8 +850,8 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	struct btrfs_workqueue *hipri_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workqueue *delalloc_workers;
 	struct btrfs_workqueue *flush_workers;
-	struct btrfs_workqueue *endio_workers;
-	struct btrfs_workqueue *endio_meta_workers;
+	struct workqueue_struct *endio_workers;
+	struct workqueue_struct *endio_meta_workers;
 	struct workqueue_struct *endio_raid56_workers;
 	struct workqueue_struct *rmw_workers;
 	struct workqueue_struct *compressed_write_workers;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index a085cd95ef12..ed1d92b370db 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 				 BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_METADUMP |\
 				 BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_METADUMP_V2)
 
-static void end_workqueue_fn(struct btrfs_work *work);
 static void btrfs_destroy_ordered_extents(struct btrfs_root *root);
 static int btrfs_destroy_delayed_refs(struct btrfs_transaction *trans,
 				      struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
@@ -64,40 +63,6 @@ static int btrfs_destroy_pinned_extent(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 static int btrfs_cleanup_transaction(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 static void btrfs_error_commit_super(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info);
 
-/*
- * btrfs_end_io_wq structs are used to do processing in task context when an IO
- * is complete.  This is used during reads to verify checksums, and it is used
- * by writes to insert metadata for new file extents after IO is complete.
- */
-struct btrfs_end_io_wq {
-	struct bio *bio;
-	bio_end_io_t *end_io;
-	void *private;
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *info;
-	blk_status_t status;
-	enum btrfs_wq_endio_type metadata;
-	struct btrfs_work work;
-};
-
-static struct kmem_cache *btrfs_end_io_wq_cache;
-
-int __init btrfs_end_io_wq_init(void)
-{
-	btrfs_end_io_wq_cache = kmem_cache_create("btrfs_end_io_wq",
-					sizeof(struct btrfs_end_io_wq),
-					0,
-					SLAB_MEM_SPREAD,
-					NULL);
-	if (!btrfs_end_io_wq_cache)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void __cold btrfs_end_io_wq_exit(void)
-{
-	kmem_cache_destroy(btrfs_end_io_wq_cache);
-}
-
 static void btrfs_free_csum_hash(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	if (fs_info->csum_shash)
@@ -740,48 +705,6 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void end_workqueue_bio(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	struct btrfs_end_io_wq *end_io_wq = bio->bi_private;
-	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
-	struct btrfs_workqueue *wq;
-
-	fs_info = end_io_wq->info;
-	end_io_wq->status = bio->bi_status;
-
-	if (end_io_wq->metadata)
-		wq = fs_info->endio_meta_workers;
-	else
-		wq = fs_info->endio_workers;
-
-	btrfs_init_work(&end_io_wq->work, end_workqueue_fn, NULL, NULL);
-	btrfs_queue_work(wq, &end_io_wq->work);
-}
-
-blk_status_t btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, struct bio *bio,
-			enum btrfs_wq_endio_type metadata)
-{
-	struct btrfs_end_io_wq *end_io_wq;
-
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(btrfs_op(bio) != BTRFS_MAP_WRITE))
-		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
-
-	end_io_wq = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_end_io_wq_cache, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!end_io_wq)
-		return BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
-
-	end_io_wq->private = bio->bi_private;
-	end_io_wq->end_io = bio->bi_end_io;
-	end_io_wq->info = info;
-	end_io_wq->status = 0;
-	end_io_wq->bio = bio;
-	end_io_wq->metadata = metadata;
-
-	bio->bi_private = end_io_wq;
-	bio->bi_end_io = end_workqueue_bio;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void run_one_async_start(struct btrfs_work *work)
 {
 	struct async_submit_bio *async;
@@ -917,14 +840,7 @@ void btrfs_submit_metadata_bio(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio, int mirror_
 	bio->bi_opf |= REQ_META;
 
 	if (btrfs_op(bio) != BTRFS_MAP_WRITE) {
-		/*
-		 * called for a read, do the setup so that checksum validation
-		 * can happen in the async kernel threads
-		 */
-		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, bio,
-					  BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_METADATA);
-		if (!ret)
-			ret = btrfs_map_bio(fs_info, bio, mirror_num);
+		ret = btrfs_map_bio(fs_info, bio, mirror_num);
 	} else if (!should_async_write(fs_info, BTRFS_I(inode))) {
 		ret = btree_csum_one_bio(bio);
 		if (!ret)
@@ -1947,25 +1863,6 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_get_fs_root_commit_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	return root;
 }
 
-/*
- * called by the kthread helper functions to finally call the bio end_io
- * functions.  This is where read checksum verification actually happens
- */
-static void end_workqueue_fn(struct btrfs_work *work)
-{
-	struct bio *bio;
-	struct btrfs_end_io_wq *end_io_wq;
-
-	end_io_wq = container_of(work, struct btrfs_end_io_wq, work);
-	bio = end_io_wq->bio;
-
-	bio->bi_status = end_io_wq->status;
-	bio->bi_private = end_io_wq->private;
-	bio->bi_end_io = end_io_wq->end_io;
-	bio_endio(bio);
-	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_end_io_wq_cache, end_io_wq);
-}
-
 static int cleaner_kthread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = arg;
@@ -2272,7 +2169,8 @@ static void btrfs_stop_all_workers(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->delalloc_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->hipri_workers);
 	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->workers);
-	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_workers);
+	if (fs_info->endio_workers)
+		destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_workers);
 	if (fs_info->endio_raid56_workers)
 		destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_raid56_workers);
 	if (fs_info->rmw_workers)
@@ -2292,7 +2190,8 @@ static void btrfs_stop_all_workers(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	 * the queues used for metadata I/O, since tasks from those other work
 	 * queues can do metadata I/O operations.
 	 */
-	btrfs_destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_meta_workers);
+	if (fs_info->endio_meta_workers)
+		destroy_workqueue(fs_info->endio_meta_workers);
 }
 
 static void free_root_extent_buffers(struct btrfs_root *root)
@@ -2471,15 +2370,10 @@ static int btrfs_init_workqueues(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	fs_info->fixup_workers =
 		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "fixup", flags, 1, 0);
 
-	/*
-	 * endios are largely parallel and should have a very
-	 * low idle thresh
-	 */
 	fs_info->endio_workers =
-		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "endio", flags, max_active, 4);
+		alloc_workqueue("btrfs-endio", flags, max_active);
 	fs_info->endio_meta_workers =
-		btrfs_alloc_workqueue(fs_info, "endio-meta", flags,
-				      max_active, 4);
+		alloc_workqueue("btrfs-endio-meta", flags, max_active);
 	fs_info->endio_raid56_workers =
 		alloc_workqueue("btrfs-endio-raid56", flags, max_active);
 	fs_info->rmw_workers = alloc_workqueue("btrfs-rmw", flags, max_active);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
index 809ef065f166..05e779a41a99 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@
  */
 #define BTRFS_BDEV_BLOCKSIZE	(4096)
 
-enum btrfs_wq_endio_type {
-	BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA,
-	BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_METADATA,
-	BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_FREE_SPACE,
-};
-
 static inline u64 btrfs_sb_offset(int mirror)
 {
 	u64 start = SZ_16K;
@@ -120,8 +114,6 @@ int btrfs_buffer_uptodate(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid,
 			  int atomic);
 int btrfs_read_extent_buffer(struct extent_buffer *buf, u64 parent_transid,
 			     int level, struct btrfs_key *first_key);
-blk_status_t btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(struct btrfs_fs_info *info, struct bio *bio,
-			enum btrfs_wq_endio_type metadata);
 blk_status_t btrfs_wq_submit_bio(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 				 int mirror_num, u64 dio_file_offset,
 				 extent_submit_bio_start_t *submit_bio_start);
@@ -144,8 +136,6 @@ int btree_lock_page_hook(struct page *page, void *data,
 int btrfs_get_num_tolerated_disk_barrier_failures(u64 flags);
 int btrfs_get_free_objectid(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 *objectid);
 int btrfs_init_root_free_objectid(struct btrfs_root *root);
-int __init btrfs_end_io_wq_init(void);
-void __cold btrfs_end_io_wq_exit(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 void btrfs_set_buffer_lockdep_class(u64 objectid,
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 3067c966d8b6..9cce0a3228f8 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -2640,12 +2640,6 @@ void btrfs_submit_data_read_bio(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, bio,
-			btrfs_is_free_space_inode(BTRFS_I(inode)) ?
-			BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_FREE_SPACE : BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
 	/*
 	 * Lookup bio sums does extra checks around whether we need to csum or
 	 * not, which is why we ignore skip_sum here.
@@ -7879,9 +7873,6 @@ static void submit_dio_repair_bio(struct inode *inode, struct bio *bio,
 
 	BUG_ON(bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_WRITE);
 
-	if (btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, bio, BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA))
-		return;
-
 	refcount_inc(&dip->refs);
 	if (btrfs_map_bio(fs_info, bio, mirror_num))
 		refcount_dec(&dip->refs);
@@ -7970,19 +7961,12 @@ static inline blk_status_t btrfs_submit_dio_bio(struct bio *bio,
 {
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info = btrfs_sb(inode->i_sb);
 	struct btrfs_dio_private *dip = bio->bi_private;
-	bool write = btrfs_op(bio) == BTRFS_MAP_WRITE;
 	blk_status_t ret;
 
-	if (!write) {
-		ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, bio, BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	if (BTRFS_I(inode)->flags & BTRFS_INODE_NODATASUM)
 		goto map;
 
-	if (write) {
+	if (btrfs_op(bio) == BTRFS_MAP_WRITE) {
 		/* Check btrfs_submit_data_write_bio() for async submit rules */
 		if (async_submit && !atomic_read(&BTRFS_I(inode)->sync_writers))
 			return btrfs_wq_submit_bio(inode, bio, 0, file_offset,
@@ -10314,12 +10298,6 @@ static blk_status_t submit_encoded_read_bio(struct btrfs_inode *inode,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = btrfs_bio_wq_end_io(fs_info, bio, BTRFS_WQ_ENDIO_DATA);
-	if (ret) {
-		btrfs_bio_free_csum(bbio);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	atomic_inc(&priv->pending);
 	ret = btrfs_map_bio(fs_info, bio, mirror_num);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index e3800f0f993f..719dda57dc7a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -1932,8 +1932,6 @@ static void btrfs_resize_thread_pool(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->hipri_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->delalloc_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->caching_workers, new_pool_size);
-	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_workers, new_pool_size);
-	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_meta_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_write_workers, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->endio_freespace_worker, new_pool_size);
 	btrfs_workqueue_set_max(fs_info->delayed_workers, new_pool_size);
@@ -2702,13 +2700,9 @@ static int __init init_btrfs_fs(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_delayed_ref;
 
-	err = btrfs_end_io_wq_init();
-	if (err)
-		goto free_prelim_ref;
-
 	err = btrfs_interface_init();
 	if (err)
-		goto free_end_io_wq;
+		goto free_prelim_ref;
 
 	btrfs_print_mod_info();
 
@@ -2724,8 +2718,6 @@ static int __init init_btrfs_fs(void)
 
 unregister_ioctl:
 	btrfs_interface_exit();
-free_end_io_wq:
-	btrfs_end_io_wq_exit();
 free_prelim_ref:
 	btrfs_prelim_ref_exit();
 free_delayed_ref:
@@ -2763,7 +2755,6 @@ static void __exit exit_btrfs_fs(void)
 	extent_state_cache_exit();
 	extent_io_exit();
 	btrfs_interface_exit();
-	btrfs_end_io_wq_exit();
 	unregister_filesystem(&btrfs_fs_type);
 	btrfs_exit_sysfs();
 	btrfs_cleanup_fs_uuids();
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 9935b5d955be..04e7e79cab47 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -6616,11 +6616,27 @@ int btrfs_map_sblock(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, enum btrfs_map_op op,
 	return __btrfs_map_block(fs_info, op, logical, length, bioc_ret, 0, 1);
 }
 
-static inline void btrfs_end_bioc(struct btrfs_io_context *bioc)
+static struct workqueue_struct *btrfs_end_io_wq(struct btrfs_io_context *bioc)
+{
+	if (bioc->orig_bio->bi_opf & REQ_META)
+		return bioc->fs_info->endio_meta_workers;
+	return bioc->fs_info->endio_workers;
+}
+
+static void btrfs_end_bio_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct btrfs_bio *bbio =
+		container_of(work, struct btrfs_bio, end_io_work);
+
+	bio_endio(&bbio->bio);
+}
+
+static void btrfs_end_bioc(struct btrfs_io_context *bioc, bool async)
 {
 	struct bio *orig_bio = bioc->orig_bio;
+	struct btrfs_bio *bbio = btrfs_bio(orig_bio);
 
-	btrfs_bio(orig_bio)->mirror_num = bioc->mirror_num;
+	bbio->mirror_num = bioc->mirror_num;
 	orig_bio->bi_private = bioc->private;
 	orig_bio->bi_end_io = bioc->end_io;
 
@@ -6632,7 +6648,14 @@ static inline void btrfs_end_bioc(struct btrfs_io_context *bioc)
 		orig_bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	else
 		orig_bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_OK;
-	bio_endio(orig_bio);
+
+	if (btrfs_op(orig_bio) == BTRFS_MAP_READ && async) {
+		INIT_WORK(&bbio->end_io_work, btrfs_end_bio_work);
+		queue_work(btrfs_end_io_wq(bioc), &bbio->end_io_work);
+	} else {
+		bio_endio(orig_bio);
+	}
+
 	btrfs_put_bioc(bioc);
 }
 
@@ -6664,7 +6687,7 @@ static void btrfs_end_bio(struct bio *bio)
 
 	btrfs_bio_counter_dec(bioc->fs_info);
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bioc->stripes_pending))
-		btrfs_end_bioc(bioc);
+		btrfs_end_bioc(bioc, true);
 }
 
 static void submit_stripe_bio(struct btrfs_io_context *bioc, struct bio *bio,
@@ -6762,7 +6785,7 @@ blk_status_t btrfs_map_bio(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, struct bio *bio,
 		    !test_bit(BTRFS_DEV_STATE_WRITEABLE, &dev->dev_state))) {
 			atomic_inc(&bioc->error);
 			if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bioc->stripes_pending))
-				btrfs_end_bioc(bioc);
+				btrfs_end_bioc(bioc, false);
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 1e86c48268ed..7973d11e5f5d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ struct btrfs_bio {
 	u8 csum_inline[BTRFS_BIO_INLINE_CSUM_SIZE];
 	struct bvec_iter iter;
 
+	/* For read end I/O handling */
+	struct work_struct end_io_work;
+
 	/*
 	 * This member must come last, bio_alloc_bioset will allocate enough
 	 * bytes for entire btrfs_bio but relies on bio being last.