diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
index a1a8b8ee9fdaff782a0242f4cc1729c25c89a798..965d1afb0eaa72558a1c6c36869e791733ec7350 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf)
 	return sz;
 }
 
+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
+{
+	return find_backend(comp) != NULL;
+}
+
 bool zcomp_set_max_streams(struct zcomp *comp, int num_strm)
 {
 	return comp->set_max_streams(comp, num_strm);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
index c59d1fca72c064d9990faf34dc1c95f1f9a807d1..46e2b9f8f1f0e3ec684736305c4d8a1ab8de0c97 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct zcomp {
 };
 
 ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf);
+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp);
 
 struct zcomp *zcomp_create(const char *comp, int max_strm);
 void zcomp_destroy(struct zcomp *comp);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index d94696b28a852b8c974cd58a7515b1ad5a1ea051..fb655e8d1e3b17bf4cda9fd09593bc7dc770f78d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
 	if (sz > 0 && zram->compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
 		zram->compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;
 
+	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(zram->compressor))
+		len = -EINVAL;
+
 	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 	return len;
 }