diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 0ffc17ccf1cc..8416910ee8bf 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ static void pblk_free(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 	pblk_luns_free(pblk);
 	pblk_lines_free(pblk);
+	kfree(pblk->pad_dist);
 	pblk_line_meta_free(pblk);
 	pblk_core_free(pblk);
 	pblk_l2p_free(pblk);
@@ -998,11 +999,13 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	pblk->pad_rst_wa = 0;
 	pblk->gc_rst_wa = 0;
 
+	atomic64_set(&pblk->nr_flush, 0);
+	pblk->nr_flush_rst = 0;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->inflight_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->padded_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->padded_wb, 0);
-	atomic_long_set(&pblk->nr_flush, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->req_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->sub_writes, 0);
 	atomic_long_set(&pblk->sync_writes, 0);
@@ -1034,10 +1037,17 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 		goto fail_free_luns;
 	}
 
+	pblk->pad_dist = kzalloc((pblk->min_write_pgs - 1) * sizeof(atomic64_t),
+				 GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pblk->pad_dist) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_free_line_meta;
+	}
+
 	ret = pblk_core_init(pblk);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("pblk: could not initialize core\n");
-		goto fail_free_line_meta;
+		goto fail_free_pad_dist;
 	}
 
 	ret = pblk_l2p_init(pblk);
@@ -1097,6 +1107,8 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 	pblk_l2p_free(pblk);
 fail_free_core:
 	pblk_core_free(pblk);
+fail_free_pad_dist:
+	kfree(pblk->pad_dist);
 fail_free_line_meta:
 	pblk_line_meta_free(pblk);
 fail_free_luns:
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
index 7044b5599cc4..8b1434060fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rb.c
@@ -437,9 +437,7 @@ static int pblk_rb_may_write_flush(struct pblk_rb *rb, unsigned int nr_entries,
 	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_PREFLUSH) {
 		struct pblk *pblk = container_of(rb, struct pblk, rwb);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-		atomic_long_inc(&pblk->nr_flush);
-#endif
+		atomic64_inc(&pblk->nr_flush);
 		if (pblk_rb_flush_point_set(&pblk->rwb, bio, mem))
 			*io_ret = NVM_IO_OK;
 	}
@@ -620,14 +618,17 @@ unsigned int pblk_rb_read_to_bio(struct pblk_rb *rb, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 			pr_err("pblk: could not pad page in write bio\n");
 			return NVM_IO_ERR;
 		}
+
+		if (pad < pblk->min_write_pgs)
+			atomic64_inc(&pblk->pad_dist[pad - 1]);
+		else
+			pr_warn("pblk: padding more than min. sectors\n");
+
+		atomic64_add(pad, &pblk->pad_wa);
 	}
 
-	atomic64_add(pad, &((struct pblk *)
-			(container_of(rb, struct pblk, rwb)))->pad_wa);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-	atomic_long_add(pad, &((struct pblk *)
-			(container_of(rb, struct pblk, rwb)))->padded_writes);
+	atomic_long_add(pad, &pblk->padded_writes);
 #endif
 
 	return NVM_IO_OK;
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
index beed99936c89..c2cf6c939752 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-sysfs.c
@@ -340,15 +340,62 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_trip(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
 		atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_wa) - pblk->pad_rst_wa, page);
 }
 
+static long long bucket_percentage(unsigned long long bucket,
+				   unsigned long long total)
+{
+	int p = bucket * 100;
+
+	p = div_u64(p, total);
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_get_padding_dist(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
+{
+	int sz = 0;
+	unsigned long long total;
+	unsigned long long total_buckets = 0;
+	int buckets = pblk->min_write_pgs - 1;
+	int i;
+
+	total = atomic64_read(&pblk->nr_flush) - pblk->nr_flush_rst;
+	if (!total) {
+		for (i = 0; i < (buckets + 1); i++)
+			sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz,
+				"%d:0 ", i);
+		sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "\n");
+
+		return sz;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buckets; i++)
+		total_buckets += atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_dist[i]);
+
+	sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "0:%lld%% ",
+		bucket_percentage(total - total_buckets, total));
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buckets; i++) {
+		unsigned long long p;
+
+		p = bucket_percentage(atomic64_read(&pblk->pad_dist[i]),
+					  total);
+		sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "%d:%lld%% ",
+				i + 1, p);
+	}
+	sz += snprintf(page + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "\n");
+
+	return sz;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_stats_debug(struct pblk *pblk, char *page)
 {
 	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE,
-		"%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\n",
+		"%lu\t%lu\t%ld\t%llu\t%ld\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\t%lu\n",
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->inflight_writes),
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->inflight_reads),
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->req_writes),
-			atomic_long_read(&pblk->nr_flush),
+			(u64)atomic64_read(&pblk->nr_flush),
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->padded_writes),
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->padded_wb),
 			atomic_long_read(&pblk->sub_writes),
@@ -426,6 +473,32 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_set_write_amp_trip(struct pblk *pblk,
 }
 
 
+static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_set_padding_dist(struct pblk *pblk,
+			const char *page, size_t len)
+{
+	size_t c_len;
+	int reset_value;
+	int buckets = pblk->min_write_pgs - 1;
+	int i;
+
+	c_len = strcspn(page, "\n");
+	if (c_len >= len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (kstrtouint(page, 0, &reset_value))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (reset_value !=  0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < buckets; i++)
+		atomic64_set(&pblk->pad_dist[i], 0);
+
+	pblk->nr_flush_rst = atomic64_read(&pblk->nr_flush);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
 static struct attribute sys_write_luns = {
 	.name = "write_luns",
 	.mode = 0444,
@@ -486,6 +559,11 @@ static struct attribute sys_write_amp_trip = {
 	.mode = 0644,
 };
 
+static struct attribute sys_padding_dist = {
+	.name = "padding_dist",
+	.mode = 0644,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 static struct attribute sys_stats_debug_attr = {
 	.name = "stats",
@@ -506,6 +584,7 @@ static struct attribute *pblk_attrs[] = {
 	&sys_lines_info_attr,
 	&sys_write_amp_mileage,
 	&sys_write_amp_trip,
+	&sys_padding_dist,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	&sys_stats_debug_attr,
 #endif
@@ -539,6 +618,8 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 		return pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_mileage(pblk, buf);
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "write_amp_trip") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_get_write_amp_trip(pblk, buf);
+	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "padding_dist") == 0)
+		return pblk_sysfs_get_padding_dist(pblk, buf);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "stats") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_stats_debug(pblk, buf);
@@ -557,6 +638,8 @@ static ssize_t pblk_sysfs_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 		return pblk_sysfs_set_sec_per_write(pblk, buf, len);
 	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "write_amp_trip") == 0)
 		return pblk_sysfs_set_write_amp_trip(pblk, buf, len);
+	else if (strcmp(attr->name, "padding_dist") == 0)
+		return pblk_sysfs_set_padding_dist(pblk, buf, len);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 4b7d8618631f..17e2f242f7da 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -626,12 +626,16 @@ struct pblk {
 	u64 gc_rst_wa;
 	u64 pad_rst_wa;
 
+	/* Counters used for calculating padding distribution */
+	atomic64_t *pad_dist;		/* Padding distribution buckets */
+	u64 nr_flush_rst;		/* Flushes reset value for pad dist.*/
+	atomic64_t nr_flush;		/* Number of flush/fua I/O */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
 	/* Non-persistent debug counters, 4kb sector I/Os */
 	atomic_long_t inflight_writes;	/* Inflight writes (user and gc) */
 	atomic_long_t padded_writes;	/* Sectors padded due to flush/fua */
 	atomic_long_t padded_wb;	/* Sectors padded in write buffer */
-	atomic_long_t nr_flush;		/* Number of flush/fua I/O */
 	atomic_long_t req_writes;	/* Sectors stored on write buffer */
 	atomic_long_t sub_writes;	/* Sectors submitted from buffer */
 	atomic_long_t sync_writes;	/* Sectors synced to media */