diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
index 97374aacacb..44c0ab70243 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ rm -f $dir/interfaces
 mknod -m 0200 $dir/interfaces c $MAJOR 4
 rm -f $dir/revalidate
 mknod -m 0200 $dir/revalidate c $MAJOR 5
+rm -f $dir/flush
+mknod -m 0200 $dir/flush c $MAJOR 6
 
 export n_partitions
 mkshelf=`echo $0 | sed 's!mkdevs!mkshelf!'`
diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt b/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
index 17e76c4f918..8686e789542 100644
--- a/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
+++ b/Documentation/aoe/udev.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM=="aoe", KERNEL=="discover",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220
 SUBSYSTEM=="aoe", KERNEL=="err",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0440"
 SUBSYSTEM=="aoe", KERNEL=="interfaces",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
 SUBSYSTEM=="aoe", KERNEL=="revalidate",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
+SUBSYSTEM=="aoe", KERNEL=="flush",	NAME="etherd/%k", GROUP="disk", MODE="0220"
 
 # aoe block devices     
 KERNEL=="etherd*",       NAME="%k", GROUP="disk"
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index aecaac3f2e5..2248ab22657 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ struct aoedev *aoedev_by_aoeaddr(int maj, int min);
 struct aoedev *aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor);
 void aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d);
 int aoedev_isbusy(struct aoedev *d);
+int aoedev_flush(const char __user *str, size_t size);
 
 int aoenet_init(void);
 void aoenet_exit(void);
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index f1124664c5c..1bc85aa2271 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ enum {
 	MINOR_DISCOVER,
 	MINOR_INTERFACES,
 	MINOR_REVALIDATE,
+	MINOR_FLUSH,
 	MSGSZ = 2048,
 	NMSG = 100,		/* message backlog to retain */
 };
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ static struct aoe_chardev chardevs[] = {
 	{ MINOR_DISCOVER, "discover" },
 	{ MINOR_INTERFACES, "interfaces" },
 	{ MINOR_REVALIDATE, "revalidate" },
+	{ MINOR_FLUSH, "flush" },
 };
 
 static int
@@ -158,6 +160,9 @@ aoechr_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t cnt, loff_t *offp
 		break;
 	case MINOR_REVALIDATE:
 		ret = revalidate(buf, cnt);
+		break;
+	case MINOR_FLUSH:
+		ret = aoedev_flush(buf, cnt);
 	}
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ret = cnt;
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
index a4d625aefea..e26f6f4a28a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include "aoe.h"
 
+static void dummy_timer(ulong);
+static void aoedev_freedev(struct aoedev *);
+static void freetgt(struct aoetgt *t);
+
 static struct aoedev *devlist;
 static spinlock_t devlist_lock;
 
@@ -108,6 +112,70 @@ aoedev_downdev(struct aoedev *d)
 	d->flags &= ~DEVFL_UP;
 }
 
+static void
+aoedev_freedev(struct aoedev *d)
+{
+	struct aoetgt **t, **e;
+
+	if (d->gd) {
+		aoedisk_rm_sysfs(d);
+		del_gendisk(d->gd);
+		put_disk(d->gd);
+	}
+	t = d->targets;
+	e = t + NTARGETS;
+	for (; t < e && *t; t++)
+		freetgt(*t);
+	if (d->bufpool)
+		mempool_destroy(d->bufpool);
+	kfree(d);
+}
+
+int
+aoedev_flush(const char __user *str, size_t cnt)
+{
+	ulong flags;
+	struct aoedev *d, **dd;
+	struct aoedev *rmd = NULL;
+	char buf[16];
+	int all = 0;
+
+	if (cnt >= 3) {
+		if (cnt > sizeof buf)
+			cnt = sizeof buf;
+		if (copy_from_user(buf, str, cnt))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		all = !strncmp(buf, "all", 3);
+	}
+
+	flush_scheduled_work();
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&devlist_lock, flags);
+	dd = &devlist;
+	while ((d = *dd)) {
+		spin_lock(&d->lock);
+		if ((!all && (d->flags & DEVFL_UP))
+		|| (d->flags & (DEVFL_GDALLOC|DEVFL_NEWSIZE))
+		|| d->nopen) {
+			spin_unlock(&d->lock);
+			dd = &d->next;
+			continue;
+		}
+		*dd = d->next;
+		aoedev_downdev(d);
+		d->flags |= DEVFL_TKILL;
+		spin_unlock(&d->lock);
+		d->next = rmd;
+		rmd = d;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devlist_lock, flags);
+	while ((d = rmd)) {
+		rmd = d->next;
+		del_timer_sync(&d->timer);
+		aoedev_freedev(d);	/* must be able to sleep */
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* find it or malloc it */
 struct aoedev *
 aoedev_by_sysminor_m(ulong sysminor)
@@ -161,25 +229,6 @@ freetgt(struct aoetgt *t)
 	kfree(t);
 }
 
-static void
-aoedev_freedev(struct aoedev *d)
-{
-	struct aoetgt **t, **e;
-
-	if (d->gd) {
-		aoedisk_rm_sysfs(d);
-		del_gendisk(d->gd);
-		put_disk(d->gd);
-	}
-	t = d->targets;
-	e = t + NTARGETS;
-	for (; t < e && *t; t++)
-		freetgt(*t);
-	if (d->bufpool)
-		mempool_destroy(d->bufpool);
-	kfree(d);
-}
-
 void
 aoedev_exit(void)
 {