diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index b16dd38..832c4183 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 	return is_migrate_cma(migratetype) || migratetype == MIGRATE_MOVABLE;
 }
 
+static inline bool should_release_lock(spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	return need_resched() || spin_is_contended(lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * Compaction requires the taking of some coarse locks that are potentially
  * very heavily contended. Check if the process needs to be scheduled or
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@
 static bool compact_checklock_irqsave(spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long *flags,
 				      bool locked, struct compact_control *cc)
 {
-	if (need_resched() || spin_is_contended(lock)) {
+	if (should_release_lock(lock)) {
 		if (locked) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, *flags);
 			locked = false;
@@ -327,7 +332,7 @@
 	isolate_mode_t mode = 0;
 	struct lruvec *lruvec;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	bool locked;
+	bool locked = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that there are not too many pages isolated from the LRU
@@ -347,23 +352,17 @@
 
 	/* Time to isolate some pages for migration */
 	cond_resched();
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
-	locked = true;
 	for (; low_pfn < end_pfn; low_pfn++) {
 		struct page *page;
 
 		/* give a chance to irqs before checking need_resched() */
-		if (!((low_pfn+1) % SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
-			locked = false;
+		if (locked && !((low_pfn+1) % SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)) {
+			if (should_release_lock(&zone->lru_lock)) {
+				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lru_lock, flags);
+				locked = false;
+			}
 		}
 
-		/* Check if it is ok to still hold the lock */
-		locked = compact_checklock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, &flags,
-								locked, cc);
-		if (!locked || fatal_signal_pending(current))
-			break;
-
 		/*
 		 * migrate_pfn does not necessarily start aligned to a
 		 * pageblock. Ensure that pfn_valid is called when moving
@@ -403,21 +402,40 @@
 		pageblock_nr = low_pfn >> pageblock_order;
 		if (!cc->sync && last_pageblock_nr != pageblock_nr &&
 		    !migrate_async_suitable(get_pageblock_migratetype(page))) {
-			low_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages;
-			low_pfn = ALIGN(low_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages) - 1;
-			last_pageblock_nr = pageblock_nr;
-			continue;
+			goto next_pageblock;
 		}
 
+		/* Check may be lockless but that's ok as we recheck later */
 		if (!PageLRU(page))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * PageLRU is set, and lru_lock excludes isolation,
-		 * splitting and collapsing (collapsing has already
-		 * happened if PageLRU is set).
+		 * PageLRU is set. lru_lock normally excludes isolation
+		 * splitting and collapsing (collapsing has already happened
+		 * if PageLRU is set) but the lock is not necessarily taken
+		 * here and it is wasteful to take it just to check transhuge.
+		 * Check TransHuge without lock and skip the whole pageblock if
+		 * it's either a transhuge or hugetlbfs page, as calling
+		 * compound_order() without preventing THP from splitting the
+		 * page underneath us may return surprising results.
 		 */
 		if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
+			if (!locked)
+				goto next_pageblock;
+			low_pfn += (1 << compound_order(page)) - 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/* Check if it is ok to still hold the lock */
+		locked = compact_checklock_irqsave(&zone->lru_lock, &flags,
+								locked, cc);
+		if (!locked || fatal_signal_pending(current))
+			break;
+
+		/* Recheck PageLRU and PageTransHuge under lock */
+		if (!PageLRU(page))
+			continue;
+		if (PageTransHuge(page)) {
 			low_pfn += (1 << compound_order(page)) - 1;
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -444,6 +462,13 @@
 			++low_pfn;
 			break;
 		}
+
+		continue;
+
+next_pageblock:
+		low_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages;
+		low_pfn = ALIGN(low_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages) - 1;
+		last_pageblock_nr = pageblock_nr;
 	}
 
 	acct_isolated(zone, locked, cc);