diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index bb2bbdbe546..7a9323aef4a 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ extern int fragmentation_index(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order);
 extern unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 			int order, gfp_t gfp_mask, nodemask_t *mask,
 			bool sync);
+extern int compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order);
 extern unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order);
 
 /* Do not skip compaction more than 64 times */
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ static inline unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
 }
 
+static inline int compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
+{
+	return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order)
 {
 	return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index d9ebebe1a2a..36f0f61f4a2 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -675,44 +675,61 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 
 
 /* Compact all zones within a node */
-static int compact_node(int nid)
+static int __compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct compact_control *cc)
 {
 	int zoneid;
-	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	struct zone *zone;
 
-	if (nid < 0 || nid >= nr_node_ids || !node_online(nid))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-
 	/* Flush pending updates to the LRU lists */
 	lru_add_drain_all();
 
 	for (zoneid = 0; zoneid < MAX_NR_ZONES; zoneid++) {
-		struct compact_control cc = {
-			.nr_freepages = 0,
-			.nr_migratepages = 0,
-			.order = -1,
-			.sync = true,
-		};
 
 		zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zoneid];
 		if (!populated_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
-		cc.zone = zone;
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages);
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
+		cc->nr_freepages = 0;
+		cc->nr_migratepages = 0;
+		cc->zone = zone;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc->freepages);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc->migratepages);
 
-		compact_zone(zone, &cc);
+		if (cc->order < 0 || !compaction_deferred(zone))
+			compact_zone(zone, cc);
 
-		VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.freepages));
-		VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc.migratepages));
+		VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc->freepages));
+		VM_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&cc->migratepages));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int compact_pgdat(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order)
+{
+	struct compact_control cc = {
+		.order = order,
+		.sync = false,
+	};
+
+	return __compact_pgdat(pgdat, &cc);
+}
+
+static int compact_node(int nid)
+{
+	pg_data_t *pgdat;
+	struct compact_control cc = {
+		.order = -1,
+		.sync = true,
+	};
+
+	if (nid < 0 || nid >= nr_node_ids || !node_online(nid))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
+
+	return __compact_pgdat(pgdat, &cc);
+}
+
 /* Compact all nodes in the system */
 static int compact_nodes(void)
 {
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index d7dad2a4e69..b2b4c4a0ada 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2919,6 +2919,8 @@ out:
 	 * and it is potentially going to sleep here.
 	 */
 	if (order) {
+		int zones_need_compaction = 1;
+
 		for (i = 0; i <= end_zone; i++) {
 			struct zone *zone = pgdat->node_zones + i;
 
@@ -2939,9 +2941,17 @@ out:
 				goto loop_again;
 			}
 
+			/* Check if the memory needs to be defragmented. */
+			if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
+				    low_wmark_pages(zone), *classzone_idx, 0))
+				zones_need_compaction = 0;
+
 			/* If balanced, clear the congested flag */
 			zone_clear_flag(zone, ZONE_CONGESTED);
 		}
+
+		if (zones_need_compaction)
+			compact_pgdat(pgdat, order);
 	}
 
 	/*