diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 95f7531..6010aab 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -665,7 +665,10 @@
 				struct compact_control *cc)
 {
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long high_pfn, low_pfn, pfn, z_end_pfn;
+	unsigned long block_start_pfn;	/* start of current pageblock */
+	unsigned long block_end_pfn;	/* end of current pageblock */
+	unsigned long low_pfn;	     /* lowest pfn scanner is able to scan */
+	unsigned long next_free_pfn; /* start pfn for scaning at next round */
 	int nr_freepages = cc->nr_freepages;
 	struct list_head *freelist = &cc->freepages;
 
@@ -673,32 +676,33 @@
 	 * Initialise the free scanner. The starting point is where we last
 	 * successfully isolated from, zone-cached value, or the end of the
 	 * zone when isolating for the first time. We need this aligned to
-	 * the pageblock boundary, because we do pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages
-	 * in the for loop.
+	 * the pageblock boundary, because we do
+	 * block_start_pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages in the for loop.
+	 * For ending point, take care when isolating in last pageblock of a
+	 * a zone which ends in the middle of a pageblock.
 	 * The low boundary is the end of the pageblock the migration scanner
 	 * is using.
 	 */
-	pfn = cc->free_pfn & ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
+	block_start_pfn = cc->free_pfn & ~(pageblock_nr_pages-1);
+	block_end_pfn = min(block_start_pfn + pageblock_nr_pages,
+						zone_end_pfn(zone));
 	low_pfn = ALIGN(cc->migrate_pfn + 1, pageblock_nr_pages);
 
 	/*
-	 * Take care that if the migration scanner is at the end of the zone
-	 * that the free scanner does not accidentally move to the next zone
-	 * in the next isolation cycle.
+	 * If no pages are isolated, the block_start_pfn < low_pfn check
+	 * will kick in.
 	 */
-	high_pfn = min(low_pfn, pfn);
-
-	z_end_pfn = zone_end_pfn(zone);
+	next_free_pfn = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Isolate free pages until enough are available to migrate the
 	 * pages on cc->migratepages. We stop searching if the migrate
 	 * and free page scanners meet or enough free pages are isolated.
 	 */
-	for (; pfn >= low_pfn && cc->nr_migratepages > nr_freepages;
-					pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages) {
+	for (; block_start_pfn >= low_pfn && cc->nr_migratepages > nr_freepages;
+				block_end_pfn = block_start_pfn,
+				block_start_pfn -= pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		unsigned long isolated;
-		unsigned long end_pfn;
 
 		/*
 		 * This can iterate a massively long zone without finding any
@@ -707,7 +711,7 @@
 		 */
 		cond_resched();
 
-		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
+		if (!pfn_valid(block_start_pfn))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
@@ -717,7 +721,7 @@
 		 * i.e. it's possible that all pages within a zones range of
 		 * pages do not belong to a single zone.
 		 */
-		page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
+		page = pfn_to_page(block_start_pfn);
 		if (page_zone(page) != zone)
 			continue;
 
@@ -730,14 +734,8 @@
 			continue;
 
 		/* Found a block suitable for isolating free pages from */
-
-		/*
-		 * Take care when isolating in last pageblock of a zone which
-		 * ends in the middle of a pageblock.
-		 */
-		end_pfn = min(pfn + pageblock_nr_pages, z_end_pfn);
-		isolated = isolate_freepages_block(cc, pfn, end_pfn,
-						   freelist, false);
+		isolated = isolate_freepages_block(cc, block_start_pfn,
+					block_end_pfn, freelist, false);
 		nr_freepages += isolated;
 
 		/*
@@ -745,9 +743,9 @@
 		 * looking for free pages, the search will restart here as
 		 * page migration may have returned some pages to the allocator
 		 */
-		if (isolated) {
+		if (isolated && next_free_pfn == 0) {
 			cc->finished_update_free = true;
-			high_pfn = max(high_pfn, pfn);
+			next_free_pfn = block_start_pfn;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -758,10 +756,10 @@
 	 * If we crossed the migrate scanner, we want to keep it that way
 	 * so that compact_finished() may detect this
 	 */
-	if (pfn < low_pfn)
-		cc->free_pfn = max(pfn, zone->zone_start_pfn);
-	else
-		cc->free_pfn = high_pfn;
+	if (block_start_pfn < low_pfn)
+		next_free_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
+
+	cc->free_pfn = next_free_pfn;
 	cc->nr_freepages = nr_freepages;
 }