diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
index 9e5712dda062..33224cb91c5b 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,38 @@ static long nvm_ioctl_dev_init(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 	return __nvm_ioctl_dev_init(&init);
 }
 
+static long nvm_ioctl_dev_factory(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
+{
+	struct nvm_ioctl_dev_factory fact;
+	struct nvm_dev *dev;
+
+	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&fact, arg, sizeof(struct nvm_ioctl_dev_factory)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	fact.dev[DISK_NAME_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+	if (fact.flags & ~(NVM_FACTORY_NR_BITS - 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	down_write(&nvm_lock);
+	dev = nvm_find_nvm_dev(fact.dev);
+	up_write(&nvm_lock);
+	if (!dev) {
+		pr_err("nvm: device not found\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (dev->mt) {
+		dev->mt->unregister_mgr(dev);
+		dev->mt = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return nvm_dev_factory(dev, fact.flags);
+}
+
 static long nvm_ctl_ioctl(struct file *file, uint cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
@@ -1103,6 +1135,8 @@ static long nvm_ctl_ioctl(struct file *file, uint cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return nvm_ioctl_dev_remove(file, argp);
 	case NVM_DEV_INIT:
 		return nvm_ioctl_dev_init(file, argp);
+	case NVM_DEV_FACTORY:
+		return nvm_ioctl_dev_factory(file, argp);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c b/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
index b8489f425b05..321de1f154c5 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/sysblk.c
@@ -560,3 +560,182 @@ int nvm_init_sysblock(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct nvm_sb_info *info)
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+struct factory_blks {
+	struct nvm_dev *dev;
+	int flags;
+	unsigned long *blks;
+};
+
+static int factory_nblks(int nblks)
+{
+	/* Round up to nearest BITS_PER_LONG */
+	return (nblks + (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)) & ~(BITS_PER_LONG - 1);
+}
+
+static unsigned int factory_blk_offset(struct nvm_dev *dev, int ch, int lun)
+{
+	int nblks = factory_nblks(dev->blks_per_lun);
+
+	return ((ch * dev->luns_per_chnl * nblks) + (lun * nblks)) /
+								BITS_PER_LONG;
+}
+
+static int nvm_factory_blks(struct ppa_addr ppa, int nr_blks, u8 *blks,
+								void *private)
+{
+	struct factory_blks *f = private;
+	struct nvm_dev *dev = f->dev;
+	int i, lunoff;
+
+	lunoff = factory_blk_offset(dev, ppa.g.ch, ppa.g.lun);
+
+	/* non-set bits correspond to the block must be erased */
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_blks; i++) {
+		switch (blks[i]) {
+		case NVM_BLK_T_FREE:
+			if (f->flags & NVM_FACTORY_ERASE_ONLY_USER)
+				set_bit(i, &f->blks[lunoff]);
+			break;
+		case NVM_BLK_T_HOST:
+			if (!(f->flags & NVM_FACTORY_RESET_HOST_BLKS))
+				set_bit(i, &f->blks[lunoff]);
+			break;
+		case NVM_BLK_T_GRWN_BAD:
+			if (!(f->flags & NVM_FACTORY_RESET_GRWN_BBLKS))
+				set_bit(i, &f->blks[lunoff]);
+			break;
+		default:
+			set_bit(i, &f->blks[lunoff]);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nvm_fact_get_blks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr *erase_list,
+					int max_ppas, struct factory_blks *f)
+{
+	struct ppa_addr ppa;
+	int ch, lun, blkid, idx, done = 0, ppa_cnt = 0;
+	unsigned long *offset;
+
+	while (!done) {
+		done = 1;
+		for (ch = 0; ch < dev->nr_chnls; ch++) {
+			for (lun = 0; lun < dev->luns_per_chnl; lun++) {
+				idx = factory_blk_offset(dev, ch, lun);
+				offset = &f->blks[idx];
+
+				blkid = find_first_zero_bit(offset,
+							dev->blks_per_lun);
+				if (blkid >= dev->blks_per_lun)
+					continue;
+				set_bit(blkid, offset);
+
+				ppa.ppa = 0;
+				ppa.g.ch = ch;
+				ppa.g.lun = lun;
+				ppa.g.blk = blkid;
+				pr_debug("nvm: erase ppa (%u %u %u)\n",
+								ppa.g.ch,
+								ppa.g.lun,
+								ppa.g.blk);
+
+				erase_list[ppa_cnt] = ppa;
+				ppa_cnt++;
+				done = 0;
+
+				if (ppa_cnt == max_ppas)
+					return ppa_cnt;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ppa_cnt;
+}
+
+static int nvm_fact_get_bb_tbl(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct ppa_addr ppa,
+					nvm_bb_update_fn *fn, void *priv)
+{
+	struct ppa_addr dev_ppa;
+	int ret;
+
+	dev_ppa = generic_to_dev_addr(dev, ppa);
+
+	ret = dev->ops->get_bb_tbl(dev, dev_ppa, dev->blks_per_lun, fn, priv);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("nvm: failed bb tbl for ch%u lun%u\n",
+							ppa.g.ch, ppa.g.blk);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int nvm_fact_select_blks(struct nvm_dev *dev, struct factory_blks *f)
+{
+	int ch, lun, ret;
+	struct ppa_addr ppa;
+
+	ppa.ppa = 0;
+	for (ch = 0; ch < dev->nr_chnls; ch++) {
+		for (lun = 0; lun < dev->luns_per_chnl; lun++) {
+			ppa.g.ch = ch;
+			ppa.g.lun = lun;
+
+			ret = nvm_fact_get_bb_tbl(dev, ppa, nvm_factory_blks,
+									f);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int nvm_dev_factory(struct nvm_dev *dev, int flags)
+{
+	struct factory_blks f;
+	struct ppa_addr *ppas;
+	int ppa_cnt, ret = -ENOMEM;
+	int max_ppas = dev->ops->max_phys_sect / dev->nr_planes;
+	struct ppa_addr sysblk_ppas[MAX_SYSBLKS];
+	struct sysblk_scan s;
+
+	f.blks = kzalloc(factory_nblks(dev->blks_per_lun) * dev->nr_luns,
+								GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!f.blks)
+		return ret;
+
+	ppas = kcalloc(max_ppas, sizeof(struct ppa_addr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ppas)
+		goto err_blks;
+
+	f.dev = dev;
+	f.flags = flags;
+
+	/* create list of blks to be erased */
+	ret = nvm_fact_select_blks(dev, &f);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_ppas;
+
+	/* continue to erase until list of blks until empty */
+	while ((ppa_cnt = nvm_fact_get_blks(dev, ppas, max_ppas, &f)) > 0)
+		nvm_erase_ppa(dev, ppas, ppa_cnt);
+
+	/* mark host reserved blocks free */
+	if (flags & NVM_FACTORY_RESET_HOST_BLKS) {
+		nvm_setup_sysblk_scan(dev, &s, sysblk_ppas);
+		mutex_lock(&dev->mlock);
+		ret = nvm_get_all_sysblks(dev, &s, sysblk_ppas,
+							sysblk_get_host_blks);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = nvm_set_bb_tbl(dev, &s, NVM_BLK_T_FREE);
+		mutex_unlock(&dev->mlock);
+	}
+err_ppas:
+	kfree(ppas);
+err_blks:
+	kfree(f.blks);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nvm_dev_factory);
diff --git a/include/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
index 02f36bdf216e..fc0e7c924967 100644
--- a/include/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ struct nvm_system_block {
 extern int nvm_get_sysblock(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_sb_info *);
 extern int nvm_update_sysblock(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_sb_info *);
 extern int nvm_init_sysblock(struct nvm_dev *, struct nvm_sb_info *);
+
+extern int nvm_dev_factory(struct nvm_dev *, int flags);
 #else /* CONFIG_NVM */
 struct nvm_dev_ops;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
index 56339e2e0a46..774a43128a7a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/lightnvm.h
@@ -108,6 +108,20 @@ struct nvm_ioctl_dev_init {
 	__u32 flags;
 };
 
+enum {
+	NVM_FACTORY_ERASE_ONLY_USER	= 1 << 0, /* erase only blocks used as
+						   * host blks or grown blks */
+	NVM_FACTORY_RESET_HOST_BLKS	= 1 << 1, /* remove host blk marks */
+	NVM_FACTORY_RESET_GRWN_BBLKS	= 1 << 2, /* remove grown blk marks */
+	NVM_FACTORY_NR_BITS		= 1 << 3, /* stops here */
+};
+
+struct nvm_ioctl_dev_factory {
+	char dev[DISK_NAME_LEN];
+
+	__u32 flags;
+};
+
 /* The ioctl type, 'L', 0x20 - 0x2F documented in ioctl-number.txt */
 enum {
 	/* top level cmds */
@@ -120,6 +134,9 @@ enum {
 
 	/* Init a device to support LightNVM media managers */
 	NVM_DEV_INIT_CMD,
+
+	/* Factory reset device */
+	NVM_DEV_FACTORY_CMD,
 };
 
 #define NVM_IOCTL 'L' /* 0x4c */
@@ -134,6 +151,8 @@ enum {
 						struct nvm_ioctl_remove)
 #define NVM_DEV_INIT		_IOW(NVM_IOCTL, NVM_DEV_INIT_CMD, \
 						struct nvm_ioctl_dev_init)
+#define NVM_DEV_FACTORY		_IOW(NVM_IOCTL, NVM_DEV_FACTORY_CMD, \
+						struct nvm_ioctl_dev_factory)
 
 #define NVM_VERSION_MAJOR	1
 #define NVM_VERSION_MINOR	0