diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index df8c99c99df9..dfeb7174219e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -1174,6 +1174,51 @@ enum {
 	BTRFS_ROOT_RESET_LOCKDEP_CLASS,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Lockdep annotation for wait events.
+ *
+ * @owner:  The struct where the lockdep map is defined
+ * @lock:   The lockdep map corresponding to a wait event
+ *
+ * This macro is used to annotate a wait event. In this case a thread acquires
+ * the lockdep map as writer (exclusive lock) because it has to block until all
+ * the threads that hold the lock as readers signal the condition for the wait
+ * event and release their locks.
+ */
+#define btrfs_might_wait_for_event(owner, lock)					\
+	do {									\
+		rwsem_acquire(&owner->lock##_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);		\
+		rwsem_release(&owner->lock##_map, _THIS_IP_);			\
+	} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * Protection for the resource/condition of a wait event.
+ *
+ * @owner:  The struct where the lockdep map is defined
+ * @lock:   The lockdep map corresponding to a wait event
+ *
+ * Many threads can modify the condition for the wait event at the same time
+ * and signal the threads that block on the wait event. The threads that modify
+ * the condition and do the signaling acquire the lock as readers (shared
+ * lock).
+ */
+#define btrfs_lockdep_acquire(owner, lock)					\
+	rwsem_acquire_read(&owner->lock##_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_)
+
+/*
+ * Used after signaling the condition for a wait event to release the lockdep
+ * map held by a reader thread.
+ */
+#define btrfs_lockdep_release(owner, lock)					\
+	rwsem_release(&owner->lock##_map, _THIS_IP_)
+
+/* Initialization of the lockdep map */
+#define btrfs_lockdep_init_map(owner, lock)					\
+	do {									\
+		static struct lock_class_key lock##_key;			\
+		lockdep_init_map(&owner->lock##_map, #lock, &lock##_key, 0);	\
+	} while (0)
+
 static inline void btrfs_wake_unfinished_drop(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 {
 	clear_and_wake_up_bit(BTRFS_FS_UNFINISHED_DROPS, &fs_info->flags);