diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index b8549c61ff2c..b144be41290e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1144,14 +1144,15 @@ static ssize_t bd_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 static ssize_t debug_stat_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	int version = 2;
+	int version = 1;
 	struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	down_read(&zram->init_lock);
 	ret = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
-			"version: %d\n%8llu\n",
+			"version: %d\n%8llu %8llu\n",
 			version,
+			(u64)atomic64_read(&zram->stats.writestall),
 			(u64)atomic64_read(&zram->stats.miss_free));
 	up_read(&zram->init_lock);
 
@@ -1367,6 +1368,7 @@ static int __zram_bvec_write(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec,
 	}
 	kunmap_atomic(mem);
 
+compress_again:
 	zstrm = zcomp_stream_get(zram->comp);
 	src = kmap_atomic(page);
 	ret = zcomp_compress(zstrm, src, &comp_len);
@@ -1375,20 +1377,39 @@ static int __zram_bvec_write(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec,
 	if (unlikely(ret)) {
 		zcomp_stream_put(zram->comp);
 		pr_err("Compression failed! err=%d\n", ret);
+		zs_free(zram->mem_pool, handle);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
 	if (comp_len >= huge_class_size)
 		comp_len = PAGE_SIZE;
-
-	handle = zs_malloc(zram->mem_pool, comp_len,
-			__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM |
-			__GFP_NOWARN |
-			__GFP_HIGHMEM |
-			__GFP_MOVABLE);
-
-	if (unlikely(!handle)) {
+	/*
+	 * handle allocation has 2 paths:
+	 * a) fast path is executed with preemption disabled (for
+	 *  per-cpu streams) and has __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM bit clear,
+	 *  since we can't sleep;
+	 * b) slow path enables preemption and attempts to allocate
+	 *  the page with __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM bit set. we have to
+	 *  put per-cpu compression stream and, thus, to re-do
+	 *  the compression once handle is allocated.
+	 *
+	 * if we have a 'non-null' handle here then we are coming
+	 * from the slow path and handle has already been allocated.
+	 */
+	if (!handle)
+		handle = zs_malloc(zram->mem_pool, comp_len,
+				__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM |
+				__GFP_NOWARN |
+				__GFP_HIGHMEM |
+				__GFP_MOVABLE);
+	if (!handle) {
 		zcomp_stream_put(zram->comp);
+		atomic64_inc(&zram->stats.writestall);
+		handle = zs_malloc(zram->mem_pool, comp_len,
+				GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGHMEM |
+				__GFP_MOVABLE);
+		if (handle)
+			goto compress_again;
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -1946,6 +1967,7 @@ static int zram_add(void)
 	if (ZRAM_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SIZE == PAGE_SIZE)
 		blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(zram->disk->queue, UINT_MAX);
 
+	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STABLE_WRITES, zram->disk->queue);
 	ret = device_add_disk(NULL, zram->disk, zram_disk_groups);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_cleanup_disk;
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index 158c91e54850..80c3b43b4828 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct zram_stats {
 	atomic64_t huge_pages_since;	/* no. of huge pages since zram set up */
 	atomic64_t pages_stored;	/* no. of pages currently stored */
 	atomic_long_t max_used_pages;	/* no. of maximum pages stored */
+	atomic64_t writestall;		/* no. of write slow paths */
 	atomic64_t miss_free;		/* no. of missed free */
 #ifdef	CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK
 	atomic64_t bd_count;		/* no. of pages in backing device */