diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index b86133fdc2c8..defe350d053e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -89,6 +89,30 @@
 #define CLASS_IDX_MASK	((1 << CLASS_IDX_BITS) - 1)
 #define FULLNESS_MASK	((1 << FULLNESS_BITS) - 1)
 
+/*
+ * By default, zsmalloc uses a copy-based object mapping method to access
+ * allocations that span two pages. However, if a particular architecture
+ * 1) Implements local_flush_tlb_kernel_range() and 2) Performs VM mapping
+ * faster than copying, then it should be added here so that
+ * USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING is defined. This causes zsmalloc to use page table
+ * mapping rather than copying
+ * for object mapping.
+*/
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM)
+#define USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING
+#endif
+
+struct mapping_area {
+#ifdef USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING
+	struct vm_struct *vm; /* vm area for mapping object that span pages */
+#else
+	char *vm_buf; /* copy buffer for objects that span pages */
+#endif
+	char *vm_addr; /* address of kmap_atomic()'ed pages */
+	enum zs_mapmode vm_mm; /* mapping mode */
+};
+
+
 /* per-cpu VM mapping areas for zspage accesses that cross page boundaries */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mapping_area, zs_map_area);
 
@@ -471,16 +495,83 @@ static struct page *find_get_zspage(struct size_class *class)
 	return page;
 }
 
-static void zs_copy_map_object(char *buf, struct page *page,
-				int off, int size)
+#ifdef USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING
+static inline int __zs_cpu_up(struct mapping_area *area)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we don't leak memory if a cpu UP notification
+	 * and zs_init() race and both call zs_cpu_up() on the same cpu
+	 */
+	if (area->vm)
+		return 0;
+	area->vm = alloc_vm_area(PAGE_SIZE * 2, NULL);
+	if (!area->vm)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void __zs_cpu_down(struct mapping_area *area)
+{
+	if (area->vm)
+		free_vm_area(area->vm);
+	area->vm = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void *__zs_map_object(struct mapping_area *area,
+				struct page *pages[2], int off, int size)
+{
+	BUG_ON(map_vm_area(area->vm, PAGE_KERNEL, &pages));
+	area->vm_addr = area->vm->addr;
+	return area->vm_addr + off;
+}
+
+static inline void __zs_unmap_object(struct mapping_area *area,
+				struct page *pages[2], int off, int size)
+{
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)area->vm_addr;
+	unsigned long end = addr + (PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+
+	flush_cache_vunmap(addr, end);
+	unmap_kernel_range_noflush(addr, PAGE_SIZE * 2);
+	local_flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, end);
+}
+
+#else /* USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING */
+
+static inline int __zs_cpu_up(struct mapping_area *area)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Make sure we don't leak memory if a cpu UP notification
+	 * and zs_init() race and both call zs_cpu_up() on the same cpu
+	 */
+	if (area->vm_buf)
+		return 0;
+	area->vm_buf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!area->vm_buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void __zs_cpu_down(struct mapping_area *area)
+{
+	if (area->vm_buf)
+		free_page((unsigned long)area->vm_buf);
+	area->vm_buf = NULL;
+}
+
+static void *__zs_map_object(struct mapping_area *area,
+			struct page *pages[2], int off, int size)
 {
-	struct page *pages[2];
 	int sizes[2];
 	void *addr;
+	char *buf = area->vm_buf;
 
-	pages[0] = page;
-	pages[1] = get_next_page(page);
-	BUG_ON(!pages[1]);
+	/* disable page faults to match kmap_atomic() return conditions */
+	pagefault_disable();
+
+	/* no read fastpath */
+	if (area->vm_mm == ZS_MM_WO)
+		goto out;
 
 	sizes[0] = PAGE_SIZE - off;
 	sizes[1] = size - sizes[0];
@@ -492,18 +583,20 @@ static void zs_copy_map_object(char *buf, struct page *page,
 	addr = kmap_atomic(pages[1]);
 	memcpy(buf + sizes[0], addr, sizes[1]);
 	kunmap_atomic(addr);
+out:
+	return area->vm_buf;
 }
 
-static void zs_copy_unmap_object(char *buf, struct page *page,
-				int off, int size)
+static void __zs_unmap_object(struct mapping_area *area,
+			struct page *pages[2], int off, int size)
 {
-	struct page *pages[2];
 	int sizes[2];
 	void *addr;
+	char *buf = area->vm_buf;
 
-	pages[0] = page;
-	pages[1] = get_next_page(page);
-	BUG_ON(!pages[1]);
+	/* no write fastpath */
+	if (area->vm_mm == ZS_MM_RO)
+		goto out;
 
 	sizes[0] = PAGE_SIZE - off;
 	sizes[1] = size - sizes[0];
@@ -515,34 +608,31 @@ static void zs_copy_unmap_object(char *buf, struct page *page,
 	addr = kmap_atomic(pages[1]);
 	memcpy(addr, buf + sizes[0], sizes[1]);
 	kunmap_atomic(addr);
+
+out:
+	/* enable page faults to match kunmap_atomic() return conditions */
+	pagefault_enable();
 }
 
+#endif /* USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING */
+
 static int zs_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
 				void *pcpu)
 {
-	int cpu = (long)pcpu;
+	int ret, cpu = (long)pcpu;
 	struct mapping_area *area;
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
 		area = &per_cpu(zs_map_area, cpu);
-		/*
-		 * Make sure we don't leak memory if a cpu UP notification
-		 * and zs_init() race and both call zs_cpu_up() on the same cpu
-		 */
-		if (area->vm_buf)
-			return 0;
-		area->vm_buf = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!area->vm_buf)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		return 0;
+		ret = __zs_cpu_up(area);
+		if (ret)
+			return notifier_from_errno(ret);
 		break;
 	case CPU_DEAD:
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
 		area = &per_cpu(zs_map_area, cpu);
-		if (area->vm_buf)
-			free_page((unsigned long)area->vm_buf);
-		area->vm_buf = NULL;
+		__zs_cpu_down(area);
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -759,6 +849,7 @@ void *zs_map_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle,
 	enum fullness_group fg;
 	struct size_class *class;
 	struct mapping_area *area;
+	struct page *pages[2];
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 
@@ -775,19 +866,19 @@ void *zs_map_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle,
 	off = obj_idx_to_offset(page, obj_idx, class->size);
 
 	area = &get_cpu_var(zs_map_area);
+	area->vm_mm = mm;
 	if (off + class->size <= PAGE_SIZE) {
 		/* this object is contained entirely within a page */
 		area->vm_addr = kmap_atomic(page);
 		return area->vm_addr + off;
 	}
 
-	/* disable page faults to match kmap_atomic() return conditions */
-	pagefault_disable();
+	/* this object spans two pages */
+	pages[0] = page;
+	pages[1] = get_next_page(page);
+	BUG_ON(!pages[1]);
 
-	if (mm != ZS_MM_WO)
-		zs_copy_map_object(area->vm_buf, page, off, class->size);
-	area->vm_addr = NULL;
-	return area->vm_buf;
+	return __zs_map_object(area, pages, off, class->size);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_map_object);
 
@@ -801,17 +892,6 @@ void zs_unmap_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
 	struct size_class *class;
 	struct mapping_area *area;
 
-	area = &__get_cpu_var(zs_map_area);
-	/* single-page object fastpath */
-	if (area->vm_addr) {
-		kunmap_atomic(area->vm_addr);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* no write fastpath */
-	if (area->vm_mm == ZS_MM_RO)
-		goto pfenable;
-
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 
 	obj_handle_to_location(handle, &page, &obj_idx);
@@ -819,12 +899,18 @@ void zs_unmap_object(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned long handle)
 	class = &pool->size_class[class_idx];
 	off = obj_idx_to_offset(page, obj_idx, class->size);
 
-	zs_copy_unmap_object(area->vm_buf, page, off, class->size);
+	area = &__get_cpu_var(zs_map_area);
+	if (off + class->size <= PAGE_SIZE)
+		kunmap_atomic(area->vm_addr);
+	else {
+		struct page *pages[2];
 
-pfenable:
-	/* enable page faults to match kunmap_atomic() return conditions */
-	pagefault_enable();
-out:
+		pages[0] = page;
+		pages[1] = get_next_page(page);
+		BUG_ON(!pages[1]);
+
+		__zs_unmap_object(area, pages, off, class->size);
+	}
 	put_cpu_var(zs_map_area);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_unmap_object);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc_int.h b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc_int.h
index 528051767733..8c0b344d48d0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc_int.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc_int.h
@@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ enum fullness_group {
  */
 static const int fullness_threshold_frac = 4;
 
-struct mapping_area {
-	char *vm_buf; /* copy buffer for objects that span pages */
-	char *vm_addr; /* address of kmap_atomic()'ed pages */
-	enum zs_mapmode vm_mm; /* mapping mode */
-};
-
 struct size_class {
 	/*
 	 * Size of objects stored in this class. Must be multiple