diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 8f211bd..546e571 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1158,6 +1158,7 @@
 	unsigned long end_pfn = zone_end_pfn(zone);
 	const int migratetype = gfpflags_to_migratetype(cc->gfp_mask);
 	const bool sync = cc->mode != MIGRATE_ASYNC;
+	unsigned long last_migrated_pfn = 0;
 
 	ret = compaction_suitable(zone, cc->order, cc->alloc_flags,
 							cc->classzone_idx);
@@ -1203,6 +1204,7 @@
 	while ((ret = compact_finished(zone, cc, migratetype)) ==
 						COMPACT_CONTINUE) {
 		int err;
+		unsigned long isolate_start_pfn = cc->migrate_pfn;
 
 		switch (isolate_migratepages(zone, cc)) {
 		case ISOLATE_ABORT:
@@ -1211,7 +1213,12 @@
 			cc->nr_migratepages = 0;
 			goto out;
 		case ISOLATE_NONE:
-			continue;
+			/*
+			 * We haven't isolated and migrated anything, but
+			 * there might still be unflushed migrations from
+			 * previous cc->order aligned block.
+			 */
+			goto check_drain;
 		case ISOLATE_SUCCESS:
 			;
 		}
@@ -1236,6 +1243,40 @@
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Record where we could have freed pages by migration and not
+		 * yet flushed them to buddy allocator. We use the pfn that
+		 * isolate_migratepages() started from in this loop iteration
+		 * - this is the lowest page that could have been isolated and
+		 * then freed by migration.
+		 */
+		if (!last_migrated_pfn)
+			last_migrated_pfn = isolate_start_pfn;
+
+check_drain:
+		/*
+		 * Has the migration scanner moved away from the previous
+		 * cc->order aligned block where we migrated from? If yes,
+		 * flush the pages that were freed, so that they can merge and
+		 * compact_finished() can detect immediately if allocation
+		 * would succeed.
+		 */
+		if (cc->order > 0 && last_migrated_pfn) {
+			int cpu;
+			unsigned long current_block_start =
+				cc->migrate_pfn & ~((1UL << cc->order) - 1);
+
+			if (last_migrated_pfn < current_block_start) {
+				cpu = get_cpu();
+				lru_add_drain_cpu(cpu);
+				drain_local_pages(zone);
+				put_cpu();
+				/* No more flushing until we migrate again */
+				last_migrated_pfn = 0;
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index edb0ce1..7352aa4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2359,10 +2359,6 @@
 	 */
 	count_vm_event(COMPACTSTALL);
 
-	/* Page migration frees to the PCP lists but we want merging */
-	drain_pages(get_cpu());
-	put_cpu();
-
 	page = get_page_from_freelist(gfp_mask, nodemask,
 			order, zonelist, high_zoneidx,
 			alloc_flags & ~ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS,