diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 5c061aaeeb45..b8e6b76c23d5 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ struct z_erofs_pcluster {
 	/* L: whether partial decompression or not */
 	bool partial;
 
-	/* L: indicate several pageofs_outs or not */
-	bool multibases;
-
 	/* L: whether extra buffer allocations are best-effort */
 	bool besteffort;
 
@@ -1046,8 +1043,6 @@ static int z_erofs_scan_folio(struct z_erofs_frontend *f,
 				break;
 
 			erofs_onlinefolio_split(folio);
-			if (f->pcl->pageofs_out != (map->m_la & ~PAGE_MASK))
-				f->pcl->multibases = true;
 			if (f->pcl->length < offset + end - map->m_la) {
 				f->pcl->length = offset + end - map->m_la;
 				f->pcl->pageofs_out = map->m_la & ~PAGE_MASK;
@@ -1093,7 +1088,6 @@ struct z_erofs_backend {
 	struct page *onstack_pages[Z_EROFS_ONSTACK_PAGES];
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct z_erofs_pcluster *pcl;
-
 	/* pages with the longest decompressed length for deduplication */
 	struct page **decompressed_pages;
 	/* pages to keep the compressed data */
@@ -1102,6 +1096,8 @@ struct z_erofs_backend {
 	struct list_head decompressed_secondary_bvecs;
 	struct page **pagepool;
 	unsigned int onstack_used, nr_pages;
+	/* indicate if temporary copies should be preserved for later use */
+	bool keepxcpy;
 };
 
 struct z_erofs_bvec_item {
@@ -1112,18 +1108,20 @@ struct z_erofs_bvec_item {
 static void z_erofs_do_decompressed_bvec(struct z_erofs_backend *be,
 					 struct z_erofs_bvec *bvec)
 {
+	int poff = bvec->offset + be->pcl->pageofs_out;
 	struct z_erofs_bvec_item *item;
-	unsigned int pgnr;
-
-	if (!((bvec->offset + be->pcl->pageofs_out) & ~PAGE_MASK) &&
-	    (bvec->end == PAGE_SIZE ||
-	     bvec->offset + bvec->end == be->pcl->length)) {
-		pgnr = (bvec->offset + be->pcl->pageofs_out) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		DBG_BUGON(pgnr >= be->nr_pages);
-		if (!be->decompressed_pages[pgnr]) {
-			be->decompressed_pages[pgnr] = bvec->page;
+	struct page **page;
+
+	if (!(poff & ~PAGE_MASK) && (bvec->end == PAGE_SIZE ||
+			bvec->offset + bvec->end == be->pcl->length)) {
+		DBG_BUGON((poff >> PAGE_SHIFT) >= be->nr_pages);
+		page = be->decompressed_pages + (poff >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+		if (!*page) {
+			*page = bvec->page;
 			return;
 		}
+	} else {
+		be->keepxcpy = true;
 	}
 
 	/* (cold path) one pcluster is requested multiple times */
@@ -1289,7 +1287,7 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, int err)
 					.alg = pcl->algorithmformat,
 					.inplace_io = overlapped,
 					.partial_decoding = pcl->partial,
-					.fillgaps = pcl->multibases,
+					.fillgaps = be->keepxcpy,
 					.gfp = pcl->besteffort ? GFP_KERNEL :
 						GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NORETRY
 				 }, be->pagepool);
@@ -1346,7 +1344,6 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_backend *be, int err)
 
 	pcl->length = 0;
 	pcl->partial = true;
-	pcl->multibases = false;
 	pcl->besteffort = false;
 	pcl->bvset.nextpage = NULL;
 	pcl->vcnt = 0;