diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9a2a6301052c..db2ed6e08f67 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <linux/khugepaged.h>
 #include <linux/rculist_nulls.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/srcu.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ static void set_task_reclaim_state(struct task_struct *task,
 
 LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
 DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);
+DEFINE_SRCU(shrinker_srcu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 static int shrinker_nr_max;
@@ -700,7 +702,7 @@ void free_prealloced_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 void register_shrinker_prepared(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
+	list_add_tail_rcu(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
 	shrinker->flags |= SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	shrinker_debugfs_add(shrinker);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
@@ -754,13 +756,15 @@ void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 		return;
 
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	list_del(&shrinker->list);
+	list_del_rcu(&shrinker->list);
 	shrinker->flags &= ~SHRINKER_REGISTERED;
 	if (shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE)
 		unregister_memcg_shrinker(shrinker);
 	debugfs_entry = shrinker_debugfs_remove(shrinker);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
+	synchronize_srcu(&shrinker_srcu);
+
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(debugfs_entry);
 
 	kfree(shrinker->nr_deferred);
@@ -780,6 +784,7 @@ void synchronize_shrinkers(void)
 {
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	synchronize_srcu(&shrinker_srcu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_shrinkers);
 
@@ -990,6 +995,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 {
 	unsigned long ret, freed = 0;
 	struct shrinker *shrinker;
+	int srcu_idx;
 
 	/*
 	 * The root memcg might be allocated even though memcg is disabled
@@ -1001,10 +1007,10 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
 		return shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_mask, nid, memcg, priority);
 
-	if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
-		goto out;
+	srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&shrinker_srcu);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_srcu(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list,
+				 srcu_read_lock_held(&shrinker_srcu)) {
 		struct shrink_control sc = {
 			.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
 			.nid = nid,
@@ -1015,19 +1021,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 		if (ret == SHRINK_EMPTY)
 			ret = 0;
 		freed += ret;
-		/*
-		 * Bail out if someone want to register a new shrinker to
-		 * prevent the registration from being stalled for long periods
-		 * by parallel ongoing shrinking.
-		 */
-		if (rwsem_is_contended(&shrinker_rwsem)) {
-			freed = freed ? : 1;
-			break;
-		}
 	}
 
-	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
-out:
+	srcu_read_unlock(&shrinker_srcu, srcu_idx);
 	cond_resched();
 	return freed;
 }