diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index 906e6dc..96e344e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -615,6 +615,32 @@
 	return last_error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Background scanning to trim post-EOF preallocated space. This is queued
+ * based on the 'background_prealloc_discard_period' tunable (5m by default).
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_queue_eofblocks(
+	struct xfs_mount *mp)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (radix_tree_tagged(&mp->m_perag_tree, XFS_ICI_EOFBLOCKS_TAG))
+		queue_delayed_work(mp->m_eofblocks_workqueue,
+				   &mp->m_eofblocks_work,
+				   msecs_to_jiffies(xfs_eofb_secs * 1000));
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+void
+xfs_eofblocks_worker(
+	struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct xfs_mount *mp = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+				struct xfs_mount, m_eofblocks_work);
+	xfs_icache_free_eofblocks(mp, NULL);
+	xfs_queue_eofblocks(mp);
+}
+
 int
 xfs_inode_ag_iterator(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
@@ -1273,6 +1299,9 @@
 				   XFS_ICI_EOFBLOCKS_TAG);
 		spin_unlock(&ip->i_mount->m_perag_lock);
 
+		/* kick off background trimming */
+		xfs_queue_eofblocks(ip->i_mount);
+
 		trace_xfs_perag_set_eofblocks(ip->i_mount, pag->pag_agno,
 					      -1, _RET_IP_);
 	}