diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 8c415be86732..3d16f8b753e7 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_request_queues,
 		 "0 for no limit. "
 		 "Values > nr_cpu_ids truncated to nr_cpu_ids.");
 
+static unsigned int num_poll_queues;
+module_param(num_poll_queues, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_poll_queues, "The number of dedicated virtqueues for polling I/O");
+
 static int major;
 static DEFINE_IDA(vd_index_ida);
 
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ struct virtio_blk {
 
 	/* num of vqs */
 	int num_vqs;
+	int io_queues[HCTX_MAX_TYPES];
 	struct virtio_blk_vq *vqs;
 };
 
@@ -548,6 +553,7 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 	const char **names;
 	struct virtqueue **vqs;
 	unsigned short num_vqs;
+	unsigned int num_poll_vqs;
 	struct virtio_device *vdev = vblk->vdev;
 	struct irq_affinity desc = { 0, };
 
@@ -556,6 +562,7 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 				   &num_vqs);
 	if (err)
 		num_vqs = 1;
+
 	if (!err && !num_vqs) {
 		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "MQ advertised but zero queues reported\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -565,6 +572,13 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 			min_not_zero(num_request_queues, nr_cpu_ids),
 			num_vqs);
 
+	num_poll_vqs = min_t(unsigned int, num_poll_queues, num_vqs - 1);
+
+	memset(vblk->io_queues, 0, sizeof(int) * HCTX_MAX_TYPES);
+	vblk->io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT] = num_vqs - num_poll_vqs;
+	vblk->io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_READ] = 0;
+	vblk->io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_POLL] = num_poll_vqs;
+
 	vblk->vqs = kmalloc_array(num_vqs, sizeof(*vblk->vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vblk->vqs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -578,8 +592,13 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_vqs; i++) {
-		callbacks[i] = virtblk_done;
-		snprintf(vblk->vqs[i].name, VQ_NAME_LEN, "req.%d", i);
+		if (i < num_vqs - num_poll_vqs) {
+			callbacks[i] = virtblk_done;
+			snprintf(vblk->vqs[i].name, VQ_NAME_LEN, "req.%d", i);
+		} else {
+			callbacks[i] = NULL;
+			snprintf(vblk->vqs[i].name, VQ_NAME_LEN, "req_poll.%d", i);
+		}
 		names[i] = vblk->vqs[i].name;
 	}
 
@@ -728,16 +747,87 @@ static const struct attribute_group *virtblk_attr_groups[] = {
 static int virtblk_map_queues(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set)
 {
 	struct virtio_blk *vblk = set->driver_data;
+	int i, qoff;
+
+	for (i = 0, qoff = 0; i < set->nr_maps; i++) {
+		struct blk_mq_queue_map *map = &set->map[i];
+
+		map->nr_queues = vblk->io_queues[i];
+		map->queue_offset = qoff;
+		qoff += map->nr_queues;
+
+		if (map->nr_queues == 0)
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * Regular queues have interrupts and hence CPU affinity is
+		 * defined by the core virtio code, but polling queues have
+		 * no interrupts so we let the block layer assign CPU affinity.
+		 */
+		if (i == HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT)
+			blk_mq_virtio_map_queues(&set->map[i], vblk->vdev, 0);
+		else
+			blk_mq_map_queues(&set->map[i]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void virtblk_complete_batch(struct io_comp_batch *iob)
+{
+	struct request *req;
+	struct virtblk_req *vbr;
 
-	return blk_mq_virtio_map_queues(&set->map[HCTX_TYPE_DEFAULT],
-					vblk->vdev, 0);
+	rq_list_for_each(&iob->req_list, req) {
+		vbr = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(req);
+		virtblk_unmap_data(req, vbr);
+		virtblk_cleanup_cmd(req);
+	}
+	blk_mq_end_request_batch(iob);
+}
+
+static int virtblk_poll(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct io_comp_batch *iob)
+{
+	struct virtio_blk_vq *vq = hctx->driver_data;
+	struct virtblk_req *vbr;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned int len;
+	int found = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&vq->lock, flags);
+
+	while ((vbr = virtqueue_get_buf(vq->vq, &len)) != NULL) {
+		struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(vbr);
+
+		found++;
+		if (!blk_mq_add_to_batch(req, iob, vbr->status,
+						virtblk_complete_batch))
+			blk_mq_complete_request(req);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vq->lock, flags);
+
+	return found;
+}
+
+static int virtblk_init_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, void *data,
+			  unsigned int hctx_idx)
+{
+	struct virtio_blk *vblk = data;
+	struct virtio_blk_vq *vq = &vblk->vqs[hctx_idx];
+
+	WARN_ON(vblk->tag_set.tags[hctx_idx] != hctx->tags);
+	hctx->driver_data = vq;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct blk_mq_ops virtio_mq_ops = {
 	.queue_rq	= virtio_queue_rq,
 	.commit_rqs	= virtio_commit_rqs,
+	.init_hctx	= virtblk_init_hctx,
 	.complete	= virtblk_request_done,
 	.map_queues	= virtblk_map_queues,
+	.poll		= virtblk_poll,
 };
 
 static unsigned int virtblk_queue_depth;
@@ -816,6 +906,9 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		sizeof(struct scatterlist) * VIRTIO_BLK_INLINE_SG_CNT;
 	vblk->tag_set.driver_data = vblk;
 	vblk->tag_set.nr_hw_queues = vblk->num_vqs;
+	vblk->tag_set.nr_maps = 1;
+	if (vblk->io_queues[HCTX_TYPE_POLL])
+		vblk->tag_set.nr_maps = 3;
 
 	err = blk_mq_alloc_tag_set(&vblk->tag_set);
 	if (err)
