diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
index ce096d3..bacae9f 100644
--- a/mkfs/main.c
+++ b/mkfs/main.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <blkid/blkid.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include "kernel-shared/ctree.h"
 #include "kernel-shared/disk-io.h"
 #include "kernel-shared/free-space-tree.h"
@@ -60,6 +61,20 @@ struct mkfs_allocation {
 	u64 system;
 };
 
+static bool opt_zero_end = true;
+static bool opt_discard = true;
+static bool opt_zoned = true;
+static int opt_oflags = O_RDWR;
+
+static pthread_mutex_t prepare_mutex;
+
+struct prepare_device_progress {
+	char *file;
+	u64 dev_block_count;
+	u64 block_count;
+	int ret;
+};
+
 static int create_metadata_block_groups(struct btrfs_root *root, bool mixed,
 				struct mkfs_allocation *allocation)
 {
@@ -969,6 +984,31 @@ fail:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void *prepare_one_dev(void *ctx)
+{
+	struct prepare_device_progress *prepare_ctx = ctx;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open(prepare_ctx->file, opt_oflags);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&prepare_mutex);
+		error("unable to open %s: %m", prepare_ctx->file);
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&prepare_mutex);
+		prepare_ctx->ret = fd;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	prepare_ctx->ret = btrfs_prepare_device(fd,
+			prepare_ctx->file,
+			&prepare_ctx->dev_block_count,
+			prepare_ctx->block_count,
+			(bconf.verbose ? PREP_DEVICE_VERBOSE : 0) |
+			(opt_zero_end ? PREP_DEVICE_ZERO_END : 0) |
+			(opt_discard ? PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD : 0) |
+			(opt_zoned ? PREP_DEVICE_ZONED : 0));
+	close(fd);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	char *file;
@@ -984,7 +1024,6 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	u32 nodesize = 0;
 	u32 sectorsize = 0;
 	u32 stripesize = 4096;
-	bool zero_end = true;
 	int fd = -1;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int close_ret;
@@ -993,11 +1032,8 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	bool nodesize_forced = false;
 	bool data_profile_opt = false;
 	bool metadata_profile_opt = false;
-	bool discard = true;
 	bool ssd = false;
-	bool zoned = false;
 	bool force_overwrite = false;
-	int oflags;
 	char *source_dir = NULL;
 	bool source_dir_set = false;
 	bool shrink_rootdir = false;
@@ -1006,6 +1042,8 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	u64 shrink_size;
 	int dev_cnt = 0;
 	int saved_optind;
+	pthread_t *t_prepare = NULL;
+	struct prepare_device_progress *prepare_ctx = NULL;
 	char fs_uuid[BTRFS_UUID_UNPARSED_SIZE] = { 0 };
 	u64 features = BTRFS_MKFS_DEFAULT_FEATURES;
 	u64 runtime_features = BTRFS_MKFS_DEFAULT_RUNTIME_FEATURES;
@@ -1126,7 +1164,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 				break;
 			case 'b':
 				block_count = parse_size_from_string(optarg);
-				zero_end = false;
+				opt_zero_end = false;
 				break;
 			case 'v':
 				bconf_be_verbose();
@@ -1144,7 +1182,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 					BTRFS_UUID_UNPARSED_SIZE - 1);
 				break;
 			case 'K':
-				discard = false;
+				opt_discard = false;
 				break;
 			case 'q':
 				bconf_be_quiet();
@@ -1183,7 +1221,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (dev_cnt == 0)
 		print_usage(1);
 
-	zoned = !!(features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ZONED);
+	opt_zoned = !!(features & BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ZONED);
 
 	if (source_dir_set && dev_cnt > 1) {
 		error("the option -r is limited to a single device");
@@ -1225,7 +1263,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	file = argv[optind++];
 	ssd = is_ssd(file);
-	if (zoned) {
+	if (opt_zoned) {
 		if (!zone_size(file)) {
 			error("zoned: %s: zone size undefined", file);
 			exit(1);
@@ -1235,7 +1273,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 			printf(
 	"Zoned: %s: host-managed device detected, setting zoned feature\n",
 			       file);
-		zoned = true;
+		opt_zoned = true;
 		features |= BTRFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ZONED;
 	}
 
@@ -1302,7 +1340,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (zoned) {
+	if (opt_zoned) {
 		if (source_dir_set) {
 			error("the option -r and zoned mode are incompatible");
 			exit(1);
@@ -1392,7 +1430,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * 1 zone for a metadata block group
 	 * 1 zone for a data block group
 	 */
-	if (zoned && block_count && block_count < 5 * zone_size(file)) {
+	if (opt_zoned && block_count && block_count < 5 * zone_size(file)) {
 		error("size %llu is too small to make a usable filesystem",
 			block_count);
 		error("minimum size for a zoned btrfs filesystem is %llu",
@@ -1422,35 +1460,58 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (ret)
 		goto error;
 
-	if (zoned && (!zoned_profile_supported(BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA | metadata_profile) ||
+	if (opt_zoned && (!zoned_profile_supported(BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_METADATA | metadata_profile) ||
 		      !zoned_profile_supported(BTRFS_BLOCK_GROUP_DATA | data_profile))) {
 		error("zoned mode does not yet support RAID/DUP profiles, please specify '-d single -m single' manually");
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	dev_cnt--;
+	t_prepare = calloc(dev_cnt, sizeof(*t_prepare));
+	prepare_ctx = calloc(dev_cnt, sizeof(*prepare_ctx));
 
-	oflags = O_RDWR;
-	if (zoned && zoned_model(file) == ZONED_HOST_MANAGED)
-		oflags |= O_DIRECT;
+	if (!t_prepare || !prepare_ctx) {
+		error("unable to alloc thread for preparing dev");
+		goto error;
+	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Open without O_EXCL so that the problem should not occur by the
-	 * following operation in kernel:
-	 * (btrfs_register_one_device() fails if O_EXCL is on)
-	 */
-	fd = open(file, oflags);
+	pthread_mutex_init(&prepare_mutex, NULL);
+	opt_oflags = O_RDWR;
+	for (i = 0; i < dev_cnt; i++) {
+		if (opt_zoned && zoned_model(argv[optind + i - 1]) ==
+			ZONED_HOST_MANAGED) {
+			opt_oflags |= O_DIRECT;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < dev_cnt; i++) {
+		prepare_ctx[i].file = argv[optind + i - 1];
+		prepare_ctx[i].block_count = block_count;
+		prepare_ctx[i].dev_block_count = block_count;
+		ret = pthread_create(&t_prepare[i], NULL,
+			prepare_one_dev, &prepare_ctx[i]);
+		if (ret) {
+			error("create thread for prepare devices: %s failed, "
+					"errno: %d",
+					prepare_ctx[i].file, ret);
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < dev_cnt; i++)
+		pthread_join(t_prepare[i], NULL);
+	ret = prepare_ctx[0].ret;
+
+	if (ret) {
+		error("unable prepare device: %s\n", prepare_ctx[0].file);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	dev_cnt--;
+	fd = open(file, opt_oflags);
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		error("unable to open %s: %m", file);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	ret = btrfs_prepare_device(fd, file, &dev_block_count, block_count,
-			(zero_end ? PREP_DEVICE_ZERO_END : 0) |
-			(discard ? PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD : 0) |
-			(bconf.verbose ? PREP_DEVICE_VERBOSE : 0) |
-			(zoned ? PREP_DEVICE_ZONED : 0));
-	if (ret)
-		goto error;
+	dev_block_count = prepare_ctx[0].dev_block_count;
 	if (block_count && block_count > dev_block_count) {
 		error("%s is smaller than requested size, expected %llu, found %llu",
 		      file, (unsigned long long)block_count,
@@ -1459,7 +1520,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	/* To create the first block group and chunk 0 in make_btrfs */
-	system_group_size = zoned ?  zone_size(file) : BTRFS_MKFS_SYSTEM_GROUP_SIZE;
+	system_group_size = opt_zoned ? zone_size(file) : BTRFS_MKFS_SYSTEM_GROUP_SIZE;
 	if (dev_block_count < system_group_size) {
 		error("device is too small to make filesystem, must be at least %llu",
 				(unsigned long long)system_group_size);
@@ -1487,7 +1548,7 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 	mkfs_cfg.runtime_features = runtime_features;
 	mkfs_cfg.csum_type = csum_type;
 	mkfs_cfg.leaf_data_size = __BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(nodesize);
-	if (zoned)
+	if (opt_zoned)
 		mkfs_cfg.zone_size = zone_size(file);
 	else
 		mkfs_cfg.zone_size = 0;
@@ -1558,14 +1619,10 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 		goto raid_groups;
 
 	while (dev_cnt-- > 0) {
+		int dev_index = argc - saved_optind - dev_cnt - 1;
 		file = argv[optind++];
 
-		/*
-		 * open without O_EXCL so that the problem should not
-		 * occur by the following processing.
-		 * (btrfs_register_one_device() fails if O_EXCL is on)
-		 */
-		fd = open(file, O_RDWR);
+		fd = open(file, opt_oflags);
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			error("unable to open %s: %m", file);
 			goto error;
@@ -1578,13 +1635,12 @@ int BOX_MAIN(mkfs)(int argc, char **argv)
 			close(fd);
 			continue;
 		}
-		ret = btrfs_prepare_device(fd, file, &dev_block_count,
-				block_count,
-				(bconf.verbose ? PREP_DEVICE_VERBOSE : 0) |
-				(zero_end ? PREP_DEVICE_ZERO_END : 0) |
-				(discard ? PREP_DEVICE_DISCARD : 0) |
-				(zoned ? PREP_DEVICE_ZONED : 0));
-		if (ret) {
+		dev_block_count = prepare_ctx[dev_index]
+			.dev_block_count;
+
+		if (prepare_ctx[dev_index].ret) {
+			error("unable prepare device: %s.\n",
+					prepare_ctx[dev_index].file);
 			goto error;
 		}
 
@@ -1714,8 +1770,8 @@ raid_groups:
 			btrfs_group_profile_str(metadata_profile),
 			pretty_size(allocation.system));
 		printf("SSD detected:       %s\n", ssd ? "yes" : "no");
-		printf("Zoned device:       %s\n", zoned ? "yes" : "no");
-		if (zoned)
+		printf("Zoned device:       %s\n", opt_zoned ? "yes" : "no");
+		if (opt_zoned)
 			printf("  Zone size:        %s\n",
 			       pretty_size(fs_info->zone_size));
 		btrfs_parse_fs_features_to_string(features_buf, features);
@@ -1763,12 +1819,16 @@ out:
 
 	btrfs_close_all_devices();
 	free(label);
-
+	free(t_prepare);
+	free(prepare_ctx);
 	return !!ret;
+
 error:
 	if (fd > 0)
 		close(fd);
 
+	free(t_prepare);
+	free(prepare_ctx);
 	free(label);
 	exit(1);
 success:
