diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index e88c037afe47bad99854880bbf6e406817907c08..a1fba999472812d0240d5cef58bbed9e0e1d475e 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  * Lower value means higher priority, analogically to reclaim priority.
  */
 enum compact_priority {
+	COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_FULL,
+	MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_FULL,
 	COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
-	MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
 	DEF_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_SYNC_LIGHT,
 	COMPACT_PRIO_ASYNC,
 	INIT_COMPACT_PRIORITY = COMPACT_PRIO_ASYNC
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 2e1113ff7a0384a52903a3574985fa794a114683..21040304f4d20238a0c2595a9f6b470cb3dbc7ed 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1644,6 +1644,8 @@ static enum compact_result compact_zone_order(struct zone *zone, int order,
 		.alloc_flags = alloc_flags,
 		.classzone_idx = classzone_idx,
 		.direct_compaction = true,
+		.whole_zone = (prio == MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY),
+		.ignore_skip_hint = (prio == MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY)
 	};
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.freepages);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc.migratepages);
@@ -1689,7 +1691,8 @@ enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 								ac->nodemask) {
 		enum compact_result status;
 
-		if (compaction_deferred(zone, order)) {
+		if (prio > MIN_COMPACT_PRIORITY
+					&& compaction_deferred(zone, order)) {
 			rc = max_t(enum compact_result, COMPACT_DEFERRED, rc);
 			continue;
 		}