diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index 6a1a8a31..8fb7401 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@ enum wb_reason {
 	WB_REASON_MAX,
 };
 
+struct wb_completion {
+	atomic_t		cnt;
+	wait_queue_head_t	*waitq;
+};
+
+#define __WB_COMPLETION_INIT(_waitq)	\
+	(struct wb_completion){ .cnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1), .waitq = (_waitq) }
+
+/*
+ * If one wants to wait for one or more wb_writeback_works, each work's
+ * ->done should be set to a wb_completion defined using the following
+ * macro.  Once all work items are issued with wb_queue_work(), the caller
+ * can wait for the completion of all using wb_wait_for_completion().  Work
+ * items which are waited upon aren't freed automatically on completion.
+ */
+#define WB_COMPLETION_INIT(bdi)		__WB_COMPLETION_INIT(&(bdi)->wb_waitq)
+
+#define DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION(cmpl, bdi)	\
+	struct wb_completion cmpl = WB_COMPLETION_INIT(bdi)
+
 /*
  * For cgroup writeback, multiple wb's may map to the same blkcg.  Those
  * wb's can operate mostly independently but should share the congested