diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 325470d7ad5b..59e32b42d760 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 94e60d5a5c4b98a32b1077dec88df09ada712376
+refs/heads/master: ea67176ae8c024f64d85ec33873e5eadf1af7247
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c60071a448a5..e86c9e4fe51e 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -2207,6 +2207,20 @@ static int chunk_drange_filter(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* [vstart, vend) */
+static int chunk_vrange_filter(struct extent_buffer *leaf,
+			       struct btrfs_chunk *chunk,
+			       u64 chunk_offset,
+			       struct btrfs_balance_args *bargs)
+{
+	if (chunk_offset < bargs->vend &&
+	    chunk_offset + btrfs_chunk_length(leaf, chunk) > bargs->vstart)
+		/* at least part of the chunk is inside this vrange */
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int should_balance_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				struct extent_buffer *leaf,
 				struct btrfs_chunk *chunk, u64 chunk_offset)
@@ -2252,6 +2266,12 @@ static int should_balance_chunk(struct btrfs_root *root,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/* vrange filter */
+	if ((bargs->flags & BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_VRANGE) &&
+	    chunk_vrange_filter(leaf, chunk, chunk_offset, bargs)) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 844b08e388f2..eac26c359312 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/trunk/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ struct map_lookup {
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_USAGE	(1ULL << 1)
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_DEVID	(1ULL << 2)
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_DRANGE	(1ULL << 3)
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_VRANGE	(1ULL << 4)
 
 struct btrfs_balance_args;
 struct btrfs_balance_control {