diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 45e91dd6716d89b0ffa8f2d97481d12732d20173..486494e6b2fcdb12692fdd6f57293f5ed3c4ea11 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ extern void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void lru_add_drain_all(void);
 extern void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void deactivate_file_page(struct page *page);
-extern void deactivate_page(struct page *page);
+extern void mark_page_lazyfree(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
 extern void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page);
diff --git a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
index a80b7b59cf33418811217faca1b9c6b041dad814..d84ae90ccd5c40de69de9217aa7c4e23e4c26be8 100644
--- a/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
+++ b/include/linux/vm_event_item.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enum vm_event_item { PGPGIN, PGPGOUT, PSWPIN, PSWPOUT,
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGALLOC),
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(ALLOCSTALL),
 		FOR_ALL_ZONES(PGSCAN_SKIP),
-		PGFREE, PGACTIVATE, PGDEACTIVATE,
+		PGFREE, PGACTIVATE, PGDEACTIVATE, PGLAZYFREE,
 		PGFAULT, PGMAJFAULT,
 		PGLAZYFREED,
 		PGREFILL,
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 17f6008f282797d9c4b3ef6bf08a55826e02f28c..7309a716b7fc303e79226ea435499ffe3588eec0 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1564,9 +1564,6 @@ bool madvise_free_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		ClearPageDirty(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 
-	if (PageActive(page))
-		deactivate_page(page);
-
 	if (pmd_young(orig_pmd) || pmd_dirty(orig_pmd)) {
 		pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd);
 		orig_pmd = pmd_mkold(orig_pmd);
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 7a2abf0127aef7a9d4879278293d8cab766133e1..cf3021b05b320cffe21cebb55ab5a6c53ac736b9 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -411,8 +411,6 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 			ptent = pte_mkold(ptent);
 			ptent = pte_mkclean(ptent);
 			set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
-			if (PageActive(page))
-				deactivate_page(page);
 			tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index d8d9ee9e311a6f25520f304a01c77f24a3538584..98d08b4579faa42b8ef43ba4563ed6cb76f19893 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int page_cluster;
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_add_pvec);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_rotate_pvecs);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_deactivate_file_pvecs);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_lazyfree_pvecs);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, activate_page_pvecs);
 #endif
@@ -571,20 +571,27 @@ static void lru_deactivate_file_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 }
 
 
-static void lru_deactivate_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
+static void lru_lazyfree_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 			    void *arg)
 {
-	if (PageLRU(page) && PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
-		int file = page_is_file_cache(page);
-		int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
+	if (PageLRU(page) && PageAnon(page) && PageSwapBacked(page) &&
+	    !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		bool active = PageActive(page);
 
-		del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru + LRU_ACTIVE);
+		del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec,
+				       LRU_INACTIVE_ANON + active);
 		ClearPageActive(page);
 		ClearPageReferenced(page);
-		add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
+		/*
+		 * lazyfree pages are clean anonymous pages. They have
+		 * SwapBacked flag cleared to distinguish normal anonymous
+		 * pages
+		 */
+		ClearPageSwapBacked(page);
+		add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
 
-		__count_vm_event(PGDEACTIVATE);
-		update_page_reclaim_stat(lruvec, file, 0);
+		__count_vm_events(PGLAZYFREE, hpage_nr_pages(page));
+		update_page_reclaim_stat(lruvec, 1, 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -614,9 +621,9 @@ void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu)
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
 		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_file_fn, NULL);
 
-	pvec = &per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu);
+	pvec = &per_cpu(lru_lazyfree_pvecs, cpu);
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
-		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_fn, NULL);
+		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_lazyfree_fn, NULL);
 
 	activate_page_drain(cpu);
 }
@@ -648,22 +655,22 @@ void deactivate_file_page(struct page *page)
 }
 
 /**
- * deactivate_page - deactivate a page
+ * mark_page_lazyfree - make an anon page lazyfree
  * @page: page to deactivate
  *
- * deactivate_page() moves @page to the inactive list if @page was on the active
- * list and was not an unevictable page.  This is done to accelerate the reclaim
- * of @page.
+ * mark_page_lazyfree() moves @page to the inactive file list.
+ * This is done to accelerate the reclaim of @page.
  */
-void deactivate_page(struct page *page)
+void mark_page_lazyfree(struct page *page)
 {
-	if (PageLRU(page) && PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
-		struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+	if (PageLRU(page) && PageAnon(page) && PageSwapBacked(page) &&
+	    !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(lru_lazyfree_pvecs);
 
 		get_page(page);
 		if (!pagevec_add(pvec, page) || PageCompound(page))
-			pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_fn, NULL);
-		put_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+			pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_lazyfree_fn, NULL);
+		put_cpu_var(lru_lazyfree_pvecs);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -703,7 +710,7 @@ void lru_add_drain_all(void)
 		if (pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_add_pvec, cpu)) ||
 		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_rotate_pvecs, cpu)) ||
 		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_deactivate_file_pvecs, cpu)) ||
-		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu)) ||
+		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_lazyfree_pvecs, cpu)) ||
 		    need_activate_page_drain(cpu)) {
 			INIT_WORK(work, lru_add_drain_per_cpu);
 			queue_work_on(cpu, mm_percpu_wq, work);
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index c8d15051616b4b94329af25a914ce833d221302d..828a36ea05848b7258bbde07cae1b9ddb386f00f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ const char * const vmstat_text[] = {
 	"pgfree",
 	"pgactivate",
 	"pgdeactivate",
+	"pglazyfree",
 
 	"pgfault",
 	"pgmajfault",