diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
index 33e3b76c4fa919cabe8f2d4f9c2dd6b33227a1b1..b08650417bf00c4afb6f5211367faf9d1a9e801f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ static int zcomp_strm_init(struct zcomp_strm *zstrm, struct zcomp *comp)
 
 bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
 {
-	int i;
-
-	i = sysfs_match_string(backends, comp);
-	if (i >= 0)
-		return true;
-
 	/*
 	 * Crypto does not ignore a trailing new line symbol,
 	 * so make sure you don't supply a string containing
@@ -215,6 +209,11 @@ struct zcomp *zcomp_create(const char *compress)
 	struct zcomp *comp;
 	int error;
 
+	/*
+	 * Crypto API will execute /sbin/modprobe if the compression module
+	 * is not loaded yet. We must do it here, otherwise we are about to
+	 * call /sbin/modprobe under CPU hot-plug lock.
+	 */
 	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(compress))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);