diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 1495d952e641..1aeadce4d56e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ struct zone {
 	 */
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 	int                     all_unreclaimable; /* All pages pinned */
+#if defined CONFIG_COMPACTION || defined CONFIG_CMA
+	/* pfn where the last incremental compaction isolated free pages */
+	unsigned long		compact_cached_free_pfn;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	/* see spanned/present_pages for more description */
 	seqlock_t		span_seqlock;
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 2f42d9528539..e78cb9688421 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -422,6 +422,17 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
 					pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		unsigned long isolated;
 
+		/*
+		 * Skip ahead if another thread is compacting in the area
+		 * simultaneously. If we wrapped around, we can only skip
+		 * ahead if zone->compact_cached_free_pfn also wrapped to
+		 * above our starting point.
+		 */
+		if (cc->order > 0 && (!cc->wrapped ||
+				      zone->compact_cached_free_pfn >
+				      cc->start_free_pfn))
+			pfn = min(pfn, zone->compact_cached_free_pfn);
+
 		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;
 
@@ -461,8 +472,11 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct zone *zone,
 		 * looking for free pages, the search will restart here as
 		 * page migration may have returned some pages to the allocator
 		 */
-		if (isolated)
+		if (isolated) {
 			high_pfn = max(high_pfn, pfn);
+			if (cc->order > 0)
+				zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = high_pfn;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* split_free_page does not map the pages */
@@ -556,6 +570,20 @@ static isolate_migrate_t isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 	return ISOLATE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Returns the start pfn of the last page block in a zone.  This is the starting
+ * point for full compaction of a zone.  Compaction searches for free pages from
+ * the end of each zone, while isolate_freepages_block scans forward inside each
+ * page block.
+ */
+static unsigned long start_free_pfn(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	unsigned long free_pfn;
+	free_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
+	free_pfn &= ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
+	return free_pfn;
+}
+
 static int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
 			    struct compact_control *cc)
 {
@@ -565,8 +593,26 @@ static int compact_finished(struct zone *zone,
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 		return COMPACT_PARTIAL;
 
-	/* Compaction run completes if the migrate and free scanner meet */
-	if (cc->free_pfn <= cc->migrate_pfn)
+	/*
+	 * A full (order == -1) compaction run starts at the beginning and
+	 * end of a zone; it completes when the migrate and free scanner meet.
+	 * A partial (order > 0) compaction can start with the free scanner
+	 * at a random point in the zone, and may have to restart.
+	 */
+	if (cc->free_pfn <= cc->migrate_pfn) {
+		if (cc->order > 0 && !cc->wrapped) {
+			/* We started partway through; restart at the end. */
+			unsigned long free_pfn = start_free_pfn(zone);
+			zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = free_pfn;
+			cc->free_pfn = free_pfn;
+			cc->wrapped = 1;
+			return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
+		}
+		return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
+	}
+
+	/* We wrapped around and ended up where we started. */
+	if (cc->wrapped && cc->free_pfn <= cc->start_free_pfn)
 		return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
 
 	/*
@@ -664,8 +710,15 @@ static int compact_zone(struct zone *zone, struct compact_control *cc)
 
 	/* Setup to move all movable pages to the end of the zone */
 	cc->migrate_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
-	cc->free_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn + zone->spanned_pages;
-	cc->free_pfn &= ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
+
+	if (cc->order > 0) {
+		/* Incremental compaction. Start where the last one stopped. */
+		cc->free_pfn = zone->compact_cached_free_pfn;
+		cc->start_free_pfn = cc->free_pfn;
+	} else {
+		/* Order == -1 starts at the end of the zone. */
+		cc->free_pfn = start_free_pfn(zone);
+	}
 
 	migrate_prep_local();
 
diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 2ba87fbfb75b..da6b9b2ed3fc 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -118,8 +118,14 @@ struct compact_control {
 	unsigned long nr_freepages;	/* Number of isolated free pages */
 	unsigned long nr_migratepages;	/* Number of pages to migrate */
 	unsigned long free_pfn;		/* isolate_freepages search base */
+	unsigned long start_free_pfn;	/* where we started the search */
 	unsigned long migrate_pfn;	/* isolate_migratepages search base */
 	bool sync;			/* Synchronous migration */
+	bool wrapped;			/* Order > 0 compactions are
+					   incremental, once free_pfn
+					   and migrate_pfn meet, we restart
+					   from the top of the zone;
+					   remember we wrapped around. */
 
 	int order;			/* order a direct compactor needs */
 	int migratetype;		/* MOVABLE, RECLAIMABLE etc */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index fba2a1223f14..94fc475c3f94 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4397,6 +4397,11 @@ static void __paginginit free_area_init_core(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 
 		zone->spanned_pages = size;
 		zone->present_pages = realsize;
+#if defined CONFIG_COMPACTION || defined CONFIG_CMA
+		zone->compact_cached_free_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn +
+						zone->spanned_pages;
+		zone->compact_cached_free_pfn &= ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 		zone->node = nid;
 		zone->min_unmapped_pages = (realsize*sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio)