diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a282933c5bc6bd..414e101cd06195 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ extern void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu);
 extern void lru_add_drain_all(void);
 extern void rotate_reclaimable_page(struct page *page);
 extern void deactivate_file_page(struct page *page);
+extern void deactivate_page(struct page *page);
 extern void swap_setup(void);
 
 extern void add_page_to_unevictable_list(struct page *page);
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 98e28e777ccbb3..4e945462280149 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 			ptent = pte_mkold(ptent);
 			ptent = pte_mkclean(ptent);
 			set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
+			if (PageActive(page))
+				deactivate_page(page);
 			tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index abffc33bb97509..674e2c93da4e95 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int page_cluster;
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_add_pvec);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_rotate_pvecs);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_deactivate_file_pvecs);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, lru_deactivate_pvecs);
 
 /*
  * This path almost never happens for VM activity - pages are normally
@@ -554,6 +555,24 @@ static void lru_deactivate_file_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 	update_page_reclaim_stat(lruvec, file, 0);
 }
 
+
+static void lru_deactivate_fn(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec,
+			    void *arg)
+{
+	if (PageLRU(page) && PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		int file = page_is_file_cache(page);
+		int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
+
+		del_page_from_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru + LRU_ACTIVE);
+		ClearPageActive(page);
+		ClearPageReferenced(page);
+		add_page_to_lru_list(page, lruvec, lru);
+
+		__count_vm_event(PGDEACTIVATE);
+		update_page_reclaim_stat(lruvec, file, 0);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Drain pages out of the cpu's pagevecs.
  * Either "cpu" is the current CPU, and preemption has already been
@@ -580,6 +599,10 @@ void lru_add_drain_cpu(int cpu)
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
 		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_file_fn, NULL);
 
+	pvec = &per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu);
+	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
+		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_fn, NULL);
+
 	activate_page_drain(cpu);
 }
 
@@ -609,6 +632,26 @@ void deactivate_file_page(struct page *page)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * deactivate_page - deactivate a page
+ * @page: page to deactivate
+ *
+ * deactivate_page() moves @page to the inactive list if @page was on the active
+ * list and was not an unevictable page.  This is done to accelerate the reclaim
+ * of @page.
+ */
+void deactivate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (PageLRU(page) && PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+
+		page_cache_get(page);
+		if (!pagevec_add(pvec, page))
+			pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_fn, NULL);
+		put_cpu_var(lru_deactivate_pvecs);
+	}
+}
+
 void lru_add_drain(void)
 {
 	lru_add_drain_cpu(get_cpu());
@@ -638,6 +681,7 @@ void lru_add_drain_all(void)
 		if (pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_add_pvec, cpu)) ||
 		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_rotate_pvecs, cpu)) ||
 		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_deactivate_file_pvecs, cpu)) ||
+		    pagevec_count(&per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu)) ||
 		    need_activate_page_drain(cpu)) {
 			INIT_WORK(work, lru_add_drain_per_cpu);
 			schedule_work_on(cpu, work);