diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index b8b6a086c03b..0f51a437c269 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	hlist_del_init(&sb->s_instances);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	up_write(&sb->s_umount);
+	if (sb->s_iflags & SB_I_DYNBDI) {
+		bdi_put(sb->s_bdi);
+		sb->s_bdi = &noop_backing_dev_info;
+		sb->s_iflags &= ~SB_I_DYNBDI;
+	}
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_shutdown_super);
@@ -1255,6 +1260,50 @@ out:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Setup private BDI for given superblock. It gets automatically cleaned up
+ * in generic_shutdown_super().
+ */
+int super_setup_bdi_name(struct super_block *sb, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
+	int err;
+	va_list args;
+
+	bdi = bdi_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!bdi)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	bdi->name = sb->s_type->name;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	err = bdi_register_va(bdi, NULL, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	if (err) {
+		bdi_put(bdi);
+		return err;
+	}
+	WARN_ON(sb->s_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info);
+	sb->s_bdi = bdi;
+	sb->s_iflags |= SB_I_DYNBDI;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(super_setup_bdi_name);
+
+/*
+ * Setup private BDI for given superblock. I gets automatically cleaned up
+ * in generic_shutdown_super().
+ */
+int super_setup_bdi(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	static atomic_long_t bdi_seq = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
+
+	return super_setup_bdi_name(sb, "%.28s-%ld", sb->s_type->name,
+				    atomic_long_inc_return(&bdi_seq));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(super_setup_bdi);
+
 /*
  * This is an internal function, please use sb_end_{write,pagefault,intwrite}
  * instead.
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index e66d4722db8e..866c433e7d32 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	congested_fn *congested_fn; /* Function pointer if device is md/dm */
 	void *congested_data;	/* Pointer to aux data for congested func */
 
-	char *name;
+	const char *name;
 
 	struct kref refcnt;	/* Reference counter for the structure */
 	unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7251f7bb45e8..98cf14ea78c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1272,6 +1272,9 @@ struct mm_struct;
 /* sb->s_iflags to limit user namespace mounts */
 #define SB_I_USERNS_VISIBLE		0x00000010 /* fstype already mounted */
 
+/* Temporary flag until all filesystems are converted to dynamic bdis */
+#define SB_I_DYNBDI	0x00000100
+
 /* Possible states of 'frozen' field */
 enum {
 	SB_UNFROZEN = 0,		/* FS is unfrozen */
@@ -2121,6 +2124,9 @@ extern int vfs_ustat(dev_t, struct kstatfs *);
 extern int freeze_super(struct super_block *super);
 extern int thaw_super(struct super_block *super);
 extern bool our_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt);
+extern __printf(2, 3)
+int super_setup_bdi_name(struct super_block *sb, char *fmt, ...);
+extern int super_setup_bdi(struct super_block *sb);
 
 extern int current_umask(void);