diff --git a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
index 05a27e9442bd4e5c4d3e618a6a0594e55466b192..2f5173500bd953b32e55134012af50ac93e46ad8 100644
--- a/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
+++ b/Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,10 @@ ii) Status
     error_if_no_space|queue_if_no_space
 	If the pool runs out of data or metadata space, the pool will
 	either queue or error the IO destined to the data device.  The
-	default is to queue the IO until more space is added.
+	default is to queue the IO until more space is added or the
+	'no_space_timeout' expires.  The 'no_space_timeout' dm-thin-pool
+	module parameter can be used to change this timeout -- it
+	defaults to 60 seconds but may be disabled using a value of 0.
 
 iii) Messages
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 2e71de8e0048c9eb1e1815d79fbedc8aaedf772a..242ac2ea5f295c0bf2ad2db85fdd86812936851d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
 #define MAPPING_POOL_SIZE 1024
 #define PRISON_CELLS 1024
 #define COMMIT_PERIOD HZ
-#define NO_SPACE_TIMEOUT (HZ * 60)
+#define NO_SPACE_TIMEOUT_SECS 60
+
+static unsigned no_space_timeout_secs = NO_SPACE_TIMEOUT_SECS;
 
 DECLARE_DM_KCOPYD_THROTTLE_WITH_MODULE_PARM(snapshot_copy_throttle,
 		"A percentage of time allocated for copy on write");
@@ -1670,6 +1672,7 @@ static void set_pool_mode(struct pool *pool, enum pool_mode new_mode)
 	struct pool_c *pt = pool->ti->private;
 	bool needs_check = dm_pool_metadata_needs_check(pool->pmd);
 	enum pool_mode old_mode = get_pool_mode(pool);
+	unsigned long no_space_timeout = ACCESS_ONCE(no_space_timeout_secs) * HZ;
 
 	/*
 	 * Never allow the pool to transition to PM_WRITE mode if user
@@ -1732,8 +1735,8 @@ static void set_pool_mode(struct pool *pool, enum pool_mode new_mode)
 		pool->process_prepared_mapping = process_prepared_mapping;
 		pool->process_prepared_discard = process_prepared_discard_passdown;
 
-		if (!pool->pf.error_if_no_space)
-			queue_delayed_work(pool->wq, &pool->no_space_timeout, NO_SPACE_TIMEOUT);
+		if (!pool->pf.error_if_no_space && no_space_timeout)
+			queue_delayed_work(pool->wq, &pool->no_space_timeout, no_space_timeout);
 		break;
 
 	case PM_WRITE:
@@ -3508,6 +3511,9 @@ static void dm_thin_exit(void)
 module_init(dm_thin_init);
 module_exit(dm_thin_exit);
 
+module_param_named(no_space_timeout, no_space_timeout_secs, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_space_timeout, "Out of data space queue IO timeout in seconds");
+
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " thin provisioning target");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Joe Thornber <dm-devel@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");