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diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 3334a769eb91..15c2050c629b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4467,6 +4467,28 @@ retry_cpuset:
if (page)
goto got_pg;
+ if (order >= pageblock_order && (gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) {
+ /*
+ * If allocating entire pageblock(s) and compaction
+ * failed because all zones are below low watermarks
+ * or is prohibited because it recently failed at this
+ * order, fail immediately.
+ *
+ * Reclaim is
+ * - potentially very expensive because zones are far
+ * below their low watermarks or this is part of very
+ * bursty high order allocations,
+ * - not guaranteed to help because isolate_freepages()
+ * may not iterate over freed pages as part of its
+ * linear scan, and
+ * - unlikely to make entire pageblocks free on its
+ * own.
+ */
+ if (compact_result == COMPACT_SKIPPED ||
+ compact_result == COMPACT_DEFERRED)
+ goto nopage;
+ }
+
/*
* Checks for costly allocations with __GFP_NORETRY, which
* includes THP page fault allocations