diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8ce9fd6dd4ec..1f1d60ecce97 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7f0f24967b0349798803260b2e4bf347cffa1990
+refs/heads/master: 9927af740b1b9b1e769310bd0b91425e8047b803
diff --git a/trunk/mm/compaction.c b/trunk/mm/compaction.c
index e005a30e968c..b0fbfdfad298 100644
--- a/trunk/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/trunk/mm/compaction.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 					struct compact_control *cc)
 {
 	unsigned long low_pfn, end_pfn;
+	unsigned long last_pageblock_nr = 0, pageblock_nr;
 	unsigned long nr_scanned = 0, nr_isolated = 0;
 	struct list_head *migratelist = &cc->migratepages;
 
@@ -280,6 +281,20 @@ static unsigned long isolate_migratepages(struct zone *zone,
 		if (PageBuddy(page))
 			continue;
 
+		/*
+		 * For async migration, also only scan in MOVABLE blocks. Async
+		 * migration is optimistic to see if the minimum amount of work
+		 * satisfies the allocation
+		 */
+		pageblock_nr = low_pfn >> pageblock_order;
+		if (!cc->sync && last_pageblock_nr != pageblock_nr &&
+				get_pageblock_migratetype(page) != MIGRATE_MOVABLE) {
+			low_pfn += pageblock_nr_pages;
+			low_pfn = ALIGN(low_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages) - 1;
+			last_pageblock_nr = pageblock_nr;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* Try isolate the page */
 		if (__isolate_lru_page(page, ISOLATE_BOTH, 0) != 0)
 			continue;