Opt_ignore, Opt_barrier, Opt_err, Opt_resize, Opt_usrquota,
        Opt_grpquota, Opt_extents, Opt_noextents, Opt_i_version,
        Opt_stripe, Opt_delalloc, Opt_nodelalloc,
-       Opt_inode_readahead_blks
+       Opt_inode_readahead_blks, Opt_journal_ioprio
 };
 
 static const match_table_t tokens = {
        {Opt_delalloc, "delalloc"},
        {Opt_nodelalloc, "nodelalloc"},
        {Opt_inode_readahead_blks, "inode_readahead_blks=%u"},
+       {Opt_journal_ioprio, "journal_ioprio=%u"},
        {Opt_err, NULL},
 };
 
        return sb_block;
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO (IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE, 3))
+
 static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
                         unsigned long *journal_devnum,
+                        unsigned int *journal_ioprio,
                         ext4_fsblk_t *n_blocks_count, int is_remount)
 {
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
                                return 0;
                        sbi->s_inode_readahead_blks = option;
                        break;
+               case Opt_journal_ioprio:
+                       if (match_int(&args[0], &option))
+                               return 0;
+                       if (option < 0 || option > 7)
+                               break;
+                       *journal_ioprio = IOPRIO_PRIO_VALUE(IOPRIO_CLASS_BE,
+                                                           option);
+                       break;
                default:
                        printk(KERN_ERR
                               "EXT4-fs: Unrecognized mount option \"%s\" "
        int features;
        __u64 blocks_count;
        int err;
+       unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
 
        sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!sbi)
        set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DELALLOC);
 
 
-       if (!parse_options((char *) data, sb, &journal_devnum, NULL, 0))
+       if (!parse_options((char *) data, sb, &journal_devnum,
+                          &journal_ioprio, NULL, 0))
                goto failed_mount;
 
        sb->s_flags = (sb->s_flags & ~MS_POSIXACL) |
        default:
                break;
        }
+       set_task_ioprio(sbi->s_journal->j_task, journal_ioprio);
 
 no_journal:
 
        unsigned long old_sb_flags;
        struct ext4_mount_options old_opts;
        ext4_group_t g;
+       unsigned int journal_ioprio = DEFAULT_JOURNAL_IOPRIO;
        int err;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < MAXQUOTAS; i++)
                old_opts.s_qf_names[i] = sbi->s_qf_names[i];
 #endif
+       if (sbi->s_journal && sbi->s_journal->j_task->io_context)
+               journal_ioprio = sbi->s_journal->j_task->io_context->ioprio;
 
        /*
         * Allow the "check" option to be passed as a remount option.
         */
-       if (!parse_options(data, sb, NULL, &n_blocks_count, 1)) {
+       if (!parse_options(data, sb, NULL, &journal_ioprio,
+                          &n_blocks_count, 1)) {
                err = -EINVAL;
                goto restore_opts;
        }
 
        es = sbi->s_es;
 
-       if (sbi->s_journal)
+       if (sbi->s_journal) {
                ext4_init_journal_params(sb, sbi->s_journal);
+               set_task_ioprio(sbi->s_journal->j_task, journal_ioprio);
+       }
 
        if ((*flags & MS_RDONLY) != (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) ||
                n_blocks_count > ext4_blocks_count(es)) {