diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
index 10351d5b49fa..179ea7a73338 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
@@ -100,26 +100,66 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 /* The asynchronous flush callback function */
 int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Create child bio for asynchronous flush and chain with
-	 * parent bio. Otherwise directly call nd_region flush.
+	/* queue asynchronous flush and coalesce the flush requests */
+	struct virtio_device *vdev = nd_region->provider_data;
+	struct virtio_pmem *vpmem  = vdev->priv;
+	ktime_t req_start = ktime_get_boottime();
+	int ret = -EINPROGRESS;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&vpmem->lock);
+	/* flush requests wait until ongoing flush completes,
+	 * hence coalescing all the pending requests.
 	 */
-	if (bio && bio->bi_iter.bi_sector != -1) {
-		struct bio *child = bio_alloc(GFP_ATOMIC, 0);
-
-		if (!child)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		bio_copy_dev(child, bio);
-		child->bi_opf = REQ_PREFLUSH;
-		child->bi_iter.bi_sector = -1;
-		bio_chain(child, bio);
-		submit_bio(child);
-		return 0;
+	wait_event_lock_irq(vpmem->sb_wait,
+			    !vpmem->flush_bio ||
+			    ktime_before(req_start, vpmem->prev_flush_start),
+			    vpmem->lock);
+	/* new request after previous flush is completed */
+	if (ktime_after(req_start, vpmem->prev_flush_start)) {
+		WARN_ON(vpmem->flush_bio);
+		vpmem->flush_bio = bio;
+		bio = NULL;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&vpmem->lock);
+
+	if (!bio)
+		queue_work(vpmem->pmem_wq, &vpmem->flush_work);
+	else {
+	/* flush completed in other context while we waited */
+		if (bio && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH))
+			bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_PREFLUSH;
+		else if (bio && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA))
+			bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_FUA;
+
+		ret = vpmem->prev_flush_err;
 	}
-	if (virtio_pmem_flush(nd_region))
-		return -EIO;
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_pmem_flush);
+
+void submit_async_flush(struct work_struct *ws)
+{
+	struct virtio_pmem *vpmem = container_of(ws, struct virtio_pmem, flush_work);
+	struct bio *bio = vpmem->flush_bio;
+
+	vpmem->start_flush = ktime_get_boottime();
+	vpmem->prev_flush_err = virtio_pmem_flush(vpmem->nd_region);
+	vpmem->prev_flush_start = vpmem->start_flush;
+	vpmem->flush_bio = NULL;
+	wake_up(&vpmem->sb_wait);
+
+	if (vpmem->prev_flush_err)
+		bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(-EIO);
+
+	/* Submit parent bio only for PREFLUSH */
+	if (bio && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH)) {
+		bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_PREFLUSH;
+		submit_bio(bio);
+	} else if (bio && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA)) {
+		bio->bi_opf &= ~REQ_FUA;
+		bio_endio(bio);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(submit_async_flush);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
index 726c7354d465..75ed9b7ddea1 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_pmem *vpmem)
 		return PTR_ERR(vpmem->req_vq);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&vpmem->pmem_lock);
+	spin_lock_init(&vpmem->lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vpmem->req_list);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -57,7 +58,14 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "failed to initialize virtio pmem vq's\n");
 		goto out_err;
 	}
+	vpmem->pmem_wq = alloc_workqueue("vpmem_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+	if (!vpmem->pmem_wq) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_err;
+	}
 
+	INIT_WORK(&vpmem->flush_work, submit_async_flush);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&vpmem->sb_wait);
 	virtio_cread_le(vpmem->vdev, struct virtio_pmem_config,
 			start, &vpmem->start);
 	virtio_cread_le(vpmem->vdev, struct virtio_pmem_config,
@@ -90,10 +98,12 @@ static int virtio_pmem_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		goto out_nd;
 	}
 	nd_region->provider_data = dev_to_virtio(nd_region->dev.parent->parent);
+	vpmem->nd_region = nd_region;
 	return 0;
 out_nd:
 	nvdimm_bus_unregister(vpmem->nvdimm_bus);
 out_vq:
+	destroy_workqueue(vpmem->pmem_wq);
 	vdev->config->del_vqs(vdev);
 out_err:
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
index 0dddefe594c4..495dc20e1cdb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.h
@@ -35,9 +35,24 @@ struct virtio_pmem {
 	/* Virtio pmem request queue */
 	struct virtqueue *req_vq;
 
+	struct bio *flush_bio;
+	/* last_flush is when the last completed flush was started */
+	ktime_t prev_flush_start, start_flush;
+	int prev_flush_err;
+
+	/* work queue for deferred flush */
+	struct work_struct flush_work;
+	struct workqueue_struct *pmem_wq;
+
+	/* Synchronize flush wait queue data */
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	/* for waiting for previous flush to complete */
+	wait_queue_head_t sb_wait;
+
 	/* nvdimm bus registers virtio pmem device */
 	struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus;
 	struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor nd_desc;
+	struct nd_region *nd_region;
 
 	/* List to store deferred work if virtqueue is full */
 	struct list_head req_list;
@@ -52,4 +67,5 @@ struct virtio_pmem {
 
 void virtio_pmem_host_ack(struct virtqueue *vq);
 int async_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region, struct bio *bio);
+void submit_async_flush(struct work_struct *ws);
 #endif
