return ret;
 }
 
+struct discard_buckets_state {
+       u64             seen;
+       u64             open;
+       u64             need_journal_commit;
+       u64             discarded;
+       struct bch_dev  *ca;
+       u64             need_journal_commit_this_dev;
+};
+
+static void discard_buckets_next_dev(struct bch_fs *c, struct discard_buckets_state *s, struct bch_dev *ca)
+{
+       if (s->ca == ca)
+               return;
+
+       if (s->ca && s->need_journal_commit_this_dev >
+           bch2_dev_usage_read(s->ca).d[BCH_DATA_free].buckets)
+               bch2_journal_flush_async(&c->journal, NULL);
+
+       if (s->ca)
+               percpu_ref_put(&s->ca->ref);
+       if (ca)
+               percpu_ref_get(&ca->ref);
+       s->ca = ca;
+       s->need_journal_commit_this_dev = 0;
+}
+
 static int bch2_discard_one_bucket(struct btree_trans *trans,
                                   struct btree_iter *need_discard_iter,
                                   struct bpos *discard_pos_done,
-                                  u64 *seen,
-                                  u64 *open,
-                                  u64 *need_journal_commit,
-                                  u64 *discarded)
+                                  struct discard_buckets_state *s)
 {
        struct bch_fs *c = trans->c;
        struct bpos pos = need_discard_iter->pos;
        int ret = 0;
 
        ca = bch_dev_bkey_exists(c, pos.inode);
+
        if (!percpu_ref_tryget(&ca->io_ref)) {
                bch2_btree_iter_set_pos(need_discard_iter, POS(pos.inode + 1, 0));
                return 0;
        }
 
+       discard_buckets_next_dev(c, s, ca);
+
        if (bch2_bucket_is_open_safe(c, pos.inode, pos.offset)) {
-               (*open)++;
+               s->open++;
                goto out;
        }
 
        if (bch2_bucket_needs_journal_commit(&c->buckets_waiting_for_journal,
                        c->journal.flushed_seq_ondisk,
                        pos.inode, pos.offset)) {
-               (*need_journal_commit)++;
+               s->need_journal_commit++;
+               s->need_journal_commit_this_dev++;
                goto out;
        }
 
                goto out;
 
        count_event(c, bucket_discard);
-       (*discarded)++;
+       s->discarded++;
 out:
-       (*seen)++;
+       s->seen++;
        bch2_trans_iter_exit(trans, &iter);
        percpu_ref_put(&ca->io_ref);
        printbuf_exit(&buf);
 static void bch2_do_discards_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct bch_fs *c = container_of(work, struct bch_fs, discard_work);
-       u64 seen = 0, open = 0, need_journal_commit = 0, discarded = 0;
+       struct discard_buckets_state s = {};
        struct bpos discard_pos_done = POS_MAX;
        int ret;
 
        ret = bch2_trans_run(c,
                for_each_btree_key(trans, iter,
                                   BTREE_ID_need_discard, POS_MIN, 0, k,
-                       bch2_discard_one_bucket(trans, &iter, &discard_pos_done,
-                                               &seen,
-                                               &open,
-                                               &need_journal_commit,
-                                               &discarded)));
-
-       if (need_journal_commit * 2 > seen)
-               bch2_journal_flush_async(&c->journal, NULL);
+                       bch2_discard_one_bucket(trans, &iter, &discard_pos_done, &s)));
 
-       bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_discard);
+       discard_buckets_next_dev(c, &s, NULL);
 
-       trace_discard_buckets(c, seen, open, need_journal_commit, discarded,
+       trace_discard_buckets(c, s.seen, s.open, s.need_journal_commit, s.discarded,
                              bch2_err_str(ret));
+
+       bch2_write_ref_put(c, BCH_WRITE_REF_discard);
 }
 
 void bch2_do_discards(struct bch_fs *c)