diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 9ae6011..f270acc 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@
 /* Milliseconds ksmd should sleep between batches */
 static unsigned int ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs = 20;
 
+/* Boolean to indicate whether to use deferred timer or not */
+static bool use_deferred_timer;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /* Zeroed when merging across nodes is not allowed */
 static unsigned int ksm_merge_across_nodes = 1;
@@ -1705,6 +1708,41 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data)
+{
+	wake_up_process((struct task_struct *)__data);
+}
+
+static signed long __sched deferred_schedule_timeout(signed long timeout)
+{
+	struct timer_list timer;
+	unsigned long expire;
+
+	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	if (timeout < 0) {
+		pr_err("schedule_timeout: wrong timeout value %lx\n",
+							timeout);
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	expire = timeout + jiffies;
+
+	setup_deferrable_timer_on_stack(&timer, process_timeout,
+			(unsigned long)current);
+	mod_timer(&timer, expire);
+	schedule();
+	del_singleshot_timer_sync(&timer);
+
+	/* Remove the timer from the object tracker */
+	destroy_timer_on_stack(&timer);
+
+	timeout = expire - jiffies;
+
+out:
+	return timeout < 0 ? 0 : timeout;
+}
+
 static int ksmd_should_run(void)
 {
 	return (ksm_run & KSM_RUN_MERGE) && !list_empty(&ksm_mm_head.mm_list);
@@ -1725,7 +1763,11 @@
 		try_to_freeze();
 
 		if (ksmd_should_run()) {
-			schedule_timeout_interruptible(
+			if (use_deferred_timer)
+				deferred_schedule_timeout(
+				msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
+			else
+				schedule_timeout_interruptible(
 				msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
 		} else {
 			wait_event_freezable(ksm_thread_wait,
@@ -2175,6 +2217,26 @@
 }
 KSM_ATTR(run);
 
+static ssize_t deferred_timer_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+				    struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return snprintf(buf, 8, "%d\n", use_deferred_timer);
+}
+
+static ssize_t deferred_timer_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+				     struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long enable;
+	int err;
+
+	err = kstrtoul(buf, 10, &enable);
+	use_deferred_timer = enable;
+
+	return count;
+}
+KSM_ATTR(deferred_timer);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 static ssize_t merge_across_nodes_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 				struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
@@ -2287,6 +2349,7 @@
 	&pages_unshared_attr.attr,
 	&pages_volatile_attr.attr,
 	&full_scans_attr.attr,
+	&deferred_timer_attr.attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	&merge_across_nodes_attr.attr,
 #endif