diff --git a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_md.c b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_md.c
index f8200882b..62d9269c6 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_md.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_md.c
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ ftl_mngt_persist_nv_cache_metadata(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_pro
 	persist(dev, mngt, FTL_LAYOUT_REGION_TYPE_NVC_MD);
 }
 
+static void
+ftl_mngt_fast_persist_nv_cache_metadata(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
+{
+	if (ftl_nv_cache_save_state(&dev->nv_cache)) {
+		ftl_mngt_fail_step(mngt);
+		return;
+	}
+	ftl_mngt_next_step(mngt);
+}
+
 static void
 ftl_mngt_persist_vld_map_metadata(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 {
@@ -223,6 +233,33 @@ ftl_mngt_persist_md(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 	ftl_mngt_call_process(mngt, &desc_persist);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Fast clean shutdown path - skips the persistance of most metadata regions and
+ * relies on their shared memory state instead.
+ */
+static const struct ftl_mngt_process_desc desc_fast_persist = {
+	.name = "Fast persist metadata",
+	.steps = {
+		{
+			.name = "Fast persist NV cache metadata",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_fast_persist_nv_cache_metadata,
+		},
+#ifdef SPDK_FTL_VSS_EMU
+		{
+			.name = "Persist VSS metadata",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_persist_vss,
+		},
+#endif
+		{}
+	}
+};
+
+void
+ftl_mngt_fast_persist_md(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
+{
+	ftl_mngt_call_process(mngt, &desc_fast_persist);
+}
+
 void
 ftl_mngt_init_default_sb(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 {
@@ -274,6 +311,17 @@ ftl_mngt_set_clean(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 	dev->sb_shm->shm_ready = false;
 }
 
+void
+ftl_mngt_set_shm_clean(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
+{
+	struct ftl_superblock *sb = dev->sb;
+
+	sb->clean = 1;
+	dev->sb_shm->shm_clean = true;
+	sb->header.crc = get_sb_crc(sb);
+	ftl_mngt_next_step(mngt);
+}
+
 /*
  * Initializes the superblock fields during first startup of FTL
  */
diff --git a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_shutdown.c b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_shutdown.c
index dacbd5ac5..f41c18bd8 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_shutdown.c
+++ b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_shutdown.c
@@ -55,8 +55,59 @@ static const struct ftl_mngt_process_desc desc_shutdown = {
 	}
 };
 
+/*
+ * Steps executed during fast clean shutdown (shutting down to shared memory). Utilizes
+ * minimum amount of metadata persistence and rolls back any setup steps executed during
+ * startup (closing bdevs, io channels, etc)
+ */
+static const struct ftl_mngt_process_desc desc_fast_shutdown = {
+	.name = "FTL fast shutdown",
+	.steps = {
+		{
+			.name = "Deinit core IO channel",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_deinit_io_channel
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Unregister IO device",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_unregister_io_device
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Stop core poller",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_stop_core_poller
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Fast persist metadata",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_fast_persist_md
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Set FTL SHM clean state",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_set_shm_clean
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Dump statistics",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_dump_stats
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Deinitialize L2P",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_deinit_l2p
+		},
+		{
+			.name = "Rollback FTL device",
+			.action = ftl_mngt_rollback_device
+		},
+		{}
+	}
+};
+
 int
 ftl_mngt_call_dev_shutdown(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, ftl_mngt_completion cb, void *cb_cntx)
 {
-	return ftl_mngt_process_execute(dev, &desc_shutdown, cb, cb_cntx);
+	const struct ftl_mngt_process_desc *pdesc;
+
+	if (dev->conf.fast_shutdown) {
+		pdesc = &desc_fast_shutdown;
+	} else {
+		pdesc = &desc_shutdown;
+	}
+	return ftl_mngt_process_execute(dev, pdesc, cb, cb_cntx);
 }
diff --git a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_steps.h b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_steps.h
index c0825c4b9..074ed5133 100644
--- a/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_steps.h
+++ b/lib/ftl/mngt/ftl_mngt_steps.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ void ftl_mngt_deinit_md(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 
 void ftl_mngt_persist_md(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
 
+void ftl_mngt_fast_persist_md(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
+
 void ftl_mngt_rollback_device(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
 
 void ftl_mngt_dump_stats(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ void ftl_mngt_set_dirty(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt)
 
 void ftl_mngt_set_clean(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
 
+void ftl_mngt_set_shm_clean(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
+
 void ftl_mngt_init_vld_map(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);
 
 void ftl_mngt_deinit_vld_map(struct spdk_ftl_dev *dev, struct ftl_mngt_process *mngt);