diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index cf76ff6ba596..ae007462b7f6 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ static unsigned long lazy_max_pages(void)
 
 static atomic_t vmap_lazy_nr = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
+/* for per-CPU blocks */
+static void purge_fragmented_blocks_allcpus(void);
+
 /*
  * Purges all lazily-freed vmap areas.
  *
@@ -539,6 +542,9 @@ static void __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long *start, unsigned long *end,
 	} else
 		spin_lock(&purge_lock);
 
+	if (sync)
+		purge_fragmented_blocks_allcpus();
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(va, &vmap_area_list, list) {
 		if (va->flags & VM_LAZY_FREE) {
@@ -678,6 +684,7 @@ struct vmap_block {
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(dirty_map, VMAP_BBMAP_BITS);
 	struct list_head free_list;
 	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
+	struct list_head purge;
 };
 
 /* Queue of free and dirty vmap blocks, for allocation and flushing purposes */
@@ -782,12 +789,61 @@ static void free_vmap_block(struct vmap_block *vb)
 	call_rcu(&vb->rcu_head, rcu_free_vb);
 }
 
+static void purge_fragmented_blocks(int cpu)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(purge);
+	struct vmap_block *vb;
+	struct vmap_block *n_vb;
+	struct vmap_block_queue *vbq = &per_cpu(vmap_block_queue, cpu);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(vb, &vbq->free, free_list) {
+
+		if (!(vb->free + vb->dirty == VMAP_BBMAP_BITS && vb->dirty != VMAP_BBMAP_BITS))
+			continue;
+
+		spin_lock(&vb->lock);
+		if (vb->free + vb->dirty == VMAP_BBMAP_BITS && vb->dirty != VMAP_BBMAP_BITS) {
+			vb->free = 0; /* prevent further allocs after releasing lock */
+			vb->dirty = VMAP_BBMAP_BITS; /* prevent purging it again */
+			bitmap_fill(vb->alloc_map, VMAP_BBMAP_BITS);
+			bitmap_fill(vb->dirty_map, VMAP_BBMAP_BITS);
+			spin_lock(&vbq->lock);
+			list_del_rcu(&vb->free_list);
+			spin_unlock(&vbq->lock);
+			spin_unlock(&vb->lock);
+			list_add_tail(&vb->purge, &purge);
+		} else
+			spin_unlock(&vb->lock);
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(vb, n_vb, &purge, purge) {
+		list_del(&vb->purge);
+		free_vmap_block(vb);
+	}
+}
+
+static void purge_fragmented_blocks_thiscpu(void)
+{
+	purge_fragmented_blocks(smp_processor_id());
+}
+
+static void purge_fragmented_blocks_allcpus(void)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		purge_fragmented_blocks(cpu);
+}
+
 static void *vb_alloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct vmap_block_queue *vbq;
 	struct vmap_block *vb;
 	unsigned long addr = 0;
 	unsigned int order;
+	int purge = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(size & ~PAGE_MASK);
 	BUG_ON(size > PAGE_SIZE*VMAP_MAX_ALLOC);
@@ -800,24 +856,38 @@ static void *vb_alloc(unsigned long size, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 		int i;
 
 		spin_lock(&vb->lock);
+		if (vb->free < 1UL << order)
+			goto next;
+
 		i = bitmap_find_free_region(vb->alloc_map,
 						VMAP_BBMAP_BITS, order);
 
-		if (i >= 0) {
-			addr = vb->va->va_start + (i << PAGE_SHIFT);
-			BUG_ON(addr_to_vb_idx(addr) !=
-					addr_to_vb_idx(vb->va->va_start));
-			vb->free -= 1UL << order;
-			if (vb->free == 0) {
-				spin_lock(&vbq->lock);
-				list_del_rcu(&vb->free_list);
-				spin_unlock(&vbq->lock);
+		if (i < 0) {
+			if (vb->free + vb->dirty == VMAP_BBMAP_BITS) {
+				/* fragmented and no outstanding allocations */
+				BUG_ON(vb->dirty != VMAP_BBMAP_BITS);
+				purge = 1;
 			}
-			spin_unlock(&vb->lock);
-			break;
+			goto next;
+		}
+		addr = vb->va->va_start + (i << PAGE_SHIFT);
+		BUG_ON(addr_to_vb_idx(addr) !=
+				addr_to_vb_idx(vb->va->va_start));
+		vb->free -= 1UL << order;
+		if (vb->free == 0) {
+			spin_lock(&vbq->lock);
+			list_del_rcu(&vb->free_list);
+			spin_unlock(&vbq->lock);
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&vb->lock);
+		break;
+next:
+		spin_unlock(&vb->lock);
 	}
+
+	if (purge)
+		purge_fragmented_blocks_thiscpu();
+
 	put_cpu_var(vmap_block_queue);
 	rcu_read_unlock();