diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
index 3e1cc3001bcb..fdde17a2333c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_globals.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ xfs_param_t xfs_params = {
 
 struct xfs_globals xfs_globals = {
 	.log_recovery_delay	=	0,	/* no delay by default */
+	.mount_delay		=	0,	/* no delay by default */
 #ifdef XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
 	.bug_on_assert		=	true,	/* assert failures BUG() */
 #else
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 84aefc81c18e..f19fe291356e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1635,6 +1635,17 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 #endif
 	sb->s_op = &xfs_super_operations;
 
+	/*
+	 * Delay mount work if the debug hook is set. This is debug
+	 * instrumention to coordinate simulation of xfs mount failures with
+	 * VFS superblock operations
+	 */
+	if (xfs_globals.mount_delay) {
+		xfs_notice(mp, "Delaying mount for %d seconds.",
+			xfs_globals.mount_delay);
+		msleep(xfs_globals.mount_delay * 1000);
+	}
+
 	if (silent)
 		flags |= XFS_MFSI_QUIET;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.h
index 82afee005140..b53a33e69932 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysctl.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern xfs_param_t	xfs_params;
 
 struct xfs_globals {
 	int	log_recovery_delay;	/* log recovery delay (secs) */
+	int	mount_delay;		/* mount setup delay (secs) */
 	bool	bug_on_assert;		/* BUG() the kernel on assert failure */
 };
 extern struct xfs_globals	xfs_globals;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.c
index 8b2ccc234f36..2d5cd2529f8e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.c
@@ -165,9 +165,40 @@ log_recovery_delay_show(
 }
 XFS_SYSFS_ATTR_RW(log_recovery_delay);
 
+STATIC ssize_t
+mount_delay_store(
+	struct kobject	*kobject,
+	const char	*buf,
+	size_t		count)
+{
+	int		ret;
+	int		val;
+
+	ret = kstrtoint(buf, 0, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (val < 0 || val > 60)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	xfs_globals.mount_delay = val;
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+STATIC ssize_t
+mount_delay_show(
+	struct kobject	*kobject,
+	char		*buf)
+{
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", xfs_globals.mount_delay);
+}
+XFS_SYSFS_ATTR_RW(mount_delay);
+
 static struct attribute *xfs_dbg_attrs[] = {
 	ATTR_LIST(bug_on_assert),
 	ATTR_LIST(log_recovery_delay),
+	ATTR_LIST(mount_delay),
 	NULL,
 };