diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index aad2600..e176f8c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -823,6 +823,14 @@
 	u8 csum;
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
+struct btrfs_dev_stats_item {
+	/*
+	 * grow this item struct at the end for future enhancements and keep
+	 * the existing values unchanged
+	 */
+	__le64 values[BTRFS_DEV_STAT_VALUES_MAX];
+} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
+
 /* different types of block groups (and chunks) */
 #define BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA		(1ULL << 0)
 #define BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_SYSTEM	(1ULL << 1)
@@ -1508,6 +1516,12 @@
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ITEM_KEY	248
 
 /*
+ * Persistantly stores the io stats in the device tree.
+ * One key for all stats, (0, BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY, devid).
+ */
+#define BTRFS_DEV_STATS_KEY	249
+
+/*
  * string items are for debugging.  They just store a short string of
  * data in the FS
  */
@@ -2415,6 +2429,30 @@
 	return btrfs_item_size(eb, e) - offset;
 }
 
+/* btrfs_dev_stats_item */
+static inline u64 btrfs_dev_stats_value(struct extent_buffer *eb,
+					struct btrfs_dev_stats_item *ptr,
+					int index)
+{
+	u64 val;
+
+	read_extent_buffer(eb, &val,
+			   offsetof(struct btrfs_dev_stats_item, values) +
+			    ((unsigned long)ptr) + (index * sizeof(u64)),
+			   sizeof(val));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline void btrfs_set_dev_stats_value(struct extent_buffer *eb,
+					     struct btrfs_dev_stats_item *ptr,
+					     int index, u64 val)
+{
+	write_extent_buffer(eb, &val,
+			    offsetof(struct btrfs_dev_stats_item, values) +
+			     ((unsigned long)ptr) + (index * sizeof(u64)),
+			    sizeof(val));
+}
+
 static inline struct btrfs_fs_info *btrfs_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	return sb->s_fs_info;