diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 8c954766db93..0ef9d866952f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1998,6 +1998,7 @@ struct btrfs_ioctl_defrag_range_args {
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_CHECK_INTEGRITY	(1 << 20)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_CHECK_INTEGRITY_INCLUDING_EXTENT_DATA (1 << 21)
 #define BTRFS_MOUNT_PANIC_ON_FATAL_ERROR	(1 << 22)
+#define BTRFS_MOUNT_RESCAN_UUID_TREE	(1 << 23)
 
 #define BTRFS_DEFAULT_COMMIT_INTERVAL	(30)
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index e7ef82ad0d26..00914a62abec 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2929,7 +2929,8 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 			close_ctree(tree_root);
 			return ret;
 		}
-	} else if (check_uuid_tree) {
+	} else if (check_uuid_tree ||
+		   btrfs_test_opt(tree_root, RESCAN_UUID_TREE)) {
 		pr_info("btrfs: checking UUID tree\n");
 		ret = btrfs_check_uuid_tree(fs_info);
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index 1bd0bb523660..57090b4284fe 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_enospc_debug, Opt_subvolrootid, Opt_defrag, Opt_inode_cache,
 	Opt_no_space_cache, Opt_recovery, Opt_skip_balance,
 	Opt_check_integrity, Opt_check_integrity_including_extent_data,
-	Opt_check_integrity_print_mask, Opt_fatal_errors,
+	Opt_check_integrity_print_mask, Opt_fatal_errors, Opt_rescan_uuid_tree,
 	Opt_commit_interval,
 	Opt_err,
 };
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_check_integrity, "check_int"},
 	{Opt_check_integrity_including_extent_data, "check_int_data"},
 	{Opt_check_integrity_print_mask, "check_int_print_mask=%d"},
+	{Opt_rescan_uuid_tree, "rescan_uuid_tree"},
 	{Opt_fatal_errors, "fatal_errors=%s"},
 	{Opt_commit_interval, "commit=%d"},
 	{Opt_err, NULL},
@@ -572,6 +573,9 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options)
 		case Opt_space_cache:
 			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, SPACE_CACHE);
 			break;
+		case Opt_rescan_uuid_tree:
+			btrfs_set_opt(info->mount_opt, RESCAN_UUID_TREE);
+			break;
 		case Opt_no_space_cache:
 			printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: disabling disk space caching\n");
 			btrfs_clear_opt(info->mount_opt, SPACE_CACHE);
@@ -979,6 +983,8 @@ static int btrfs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *dentry)
 		seq_puts(seq, ",space_cache");
 	else
 		seq_puts(seq, ",nospace_cache");
+	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, RESCAN_UUID_TREE))
+		seq_puts(seq, ",rescan_uuid_tree");
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, CLEAR_CACHE))
 		seq_puts(seq, ",clear_cache");
 	if (btrfs_test_opt(root, USER_SUBVOL_RM_ALLOWED))