diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 223464227299557d2f3139f26fa08abcd04cc532..949198d012602002ca75fd47a03845e571eca53e 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -818,6 +818,13 @@ isolate_migratepages_block(struct compact_control *cc, unsigned long low_pfn,
 		    page_count(page) > page_mapcount(page))
 			goto isolate_fail;
 
+		/*
+		 * Only allow to migrate anonymous pages in GFP_NOFS context
+		 * because those do not depend on fs locks.
+		 */
+		if (!(cc->gfp_mask & __GFP_FS) && page_mapping(page))
+			goto isolate_fail;
+
 		/* If we already hold the lock, we can skip some rechecking */
 		if (!locked) {
 			locked = compact_trylock_irqsave(zone_lru_lock(zone),
@@ -1677,14 +1684,16 @@ enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 		unsigned int alloc_flags, const struct alloc_context *ac,
 		enum compact_priority prio)
 {
-	int may_enter_fs = gfp_mask & __GFP_FS;
 	int may_perform_io = gfp_mask & __GFP_IO;
 	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	enum compact_result rc = COMPACT_SKIPPED;
 
-	/* Check if the GFP flags allow compaction */
-	if (!may_enter_fs || !may_perform_io)
+	/*
+	 * Check if the GFP flags allow compaction - GFP_NOIO is really
+	 * tricky context because the migration might require IO
+	 */
+	if (!may_perform_io)
 		return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
 
 	trace_mm_compaction_try_to_compact_pages(order, gfp_mask, prio);
@@ -1751,6 +1760,7 @@ static void compact_node(int nid)
 		.mode = MIGRATE_SYNC,
 		.ignore_skip_hint = true,
 		.whole_zone = true,
+		.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
 	};
 
 
@@ -1876,6 +1886,7 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		.classzone_idx = pgdat->kcompactd_classzone_idx,
 		.mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT,
 		.ignore_skip_hint = true,
+		.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
 
 	};
 	trace_mm_compaction_kcompactd_wake(pgdat->node_id, cc.order,