diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 9656f9e9f99e..5ea5acc88d3c 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void part_in_flight(struct request_queue *q, struct hd_struct *part,
 				atomic_read(&part->in_flight[1]);
 	}
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(part_in_flight);
 
 struct hd_struct *__disk_get_part(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index c95af358b71f..fa7dd6ac087f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
+#include <linux/genhd.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "extent_map.h"
@@ -5148,7 +5149,7 @@ int btrfs_num_copies(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical, u64 len)
 		/*
 		 * There could be two corrupted data stripes, we need
 		 * to loop retry in order to rebuild the correct data.
-		 * 
+		 *
 		 * Fail a stripe at a time on every retry except the
 		 * stripe under reconstruction.
 		 */
@@ -5201,6 +5202,111 @@ int btrfs_is_parity_mirror(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 logical, u64 len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bdev_get_queue_len - return rounded down in flight queue lenght of bdev
+ *
+ * @bdev: target bdev
+ * @round_down: round factor big for hdd and small for ssd, like 8 and 2
+ */
+static int bdev_get_queue_len(struct block_device *bdev, int round_down)
+{
+	int sum;
+	struct hd_struct *bd_part = bdev->bd_part;
+	struct request_queue *rq = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	uint32_t inflight[2] = {0, 0};
+
+	part_in_flight(rq, bd_part, inflight);
+
+	sum = max_t(uint32_t, inflight[0], inflight[1]);
+
+	/*
+	 * Try prevent switch for every sneeze
+	 * By roundup output num by some value
+	 */
+	return ALIGN_DOWN(sum, round_down);
+}
+
+/**
+ * guess_optimal - return guessed optimal mirror
+ *
+ * Optimal expected to be pid % num_stripes
+ *
+ * That's generaly ok for spread load
+ * Add some balancer based on queue leght to device
+ *
+ * Basic ideas:
+ *  - Sequential read generate low amount of request
+ *    so if load of drives are equal, use pid % num_stripes balancing
+ *  - For mixed rotate/non-rotate mirrors, pick non-rotate as optimal
+ *    and repick if other dev have "significant" less queue lenght
+ *  - Repick optimal if queue leght of other mirror are less
+ */
+static int guess_optimal(struct map_lookup *map, int num, int optimal)
+{
+	int i;
+	int round_down = 8;
+	int qlen[num];
+	bool is_nonrot[num];
+	bool all_bdev_nonrot = true;
+	bool all_bdev_rotate = true;
+	struct block_device *bdev;
+
+	if (num == 1)
+		return optimal;
+
+	/* Check accessible bdevs */
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		/* Init for missing bdevs */
+		is_nonrot[i] = false;
+		qlen[i] = INT_MAX;
+		bdev = map->stripes[i].dev->bdev;
+		if (bdev) {
+			qlen[i] = 0;
+			is_nonrot[i] = blk_queue_nonrot(bdev_get_queue(bdev));
+			if (is_nonrot[i])
+				all_bdev_rotate = false;
+			else
+				all_bdev_nonrot = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Don't bother with computation
+	 * if only one of two bdevs are accessible
+	 */
+	if (num == 2 && qlen[0] != qlen[1]) {
+		if (qlen[0] < qlen[1])
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (all_bdev_nonrot)
+		round_down = 2;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		if (qlen[i])
+			continue;
+		bdev = map->stripes[i].dev->bdev;
+		qlen[i] = bdev_get_queue_len(bdev, round_down);
+	}
+
+	/* For mixed case, pick non rotational dev as optimal */
+	if (all_bdev_rotate == all_bdev_nonrot) {
+		for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+			if (is_nonrot[i])
+				optimal = i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		if (qlen[optimal] > qlen[i])
+			optimal = i;
+	}
+
+	return optimal;
+}
+
 static int find_live_mirror(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			    struct map_lookup *map, int first,
 			    int dev_replace_is_ongoing)
@@ -5219,7 +5325,8 @@ static int find_live_mirror(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	else
 		num_stripes = map->num_stripes;
 
-	preferred_mirror = first + current->pid % num_stripes;
+	preferred_mirror = first + guess_optimal(map, num_stripes,
+						 current->pid % num_stripes);
 
 	if (dev_replace_is_ongoing &&
 	    fs_info->dev_replace.cont_reading_from_srcdev_mode ==
