diff --git a/fs/squashfs/cache.c b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
index 1cb70a0b21684..6785d086ab382 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/cache.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/cache.c
@@ -209,17 +209,14 @@ void squashfs_cache_put(struct squashfs_cache_entry *entry)
  */
 void squashfs_cache_delete(struct squashfs_cache *cache)
 {
-	int i, j;
+	int i;
 
 	if (cache == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cache->entries; i++) {
-		if (cache->entry[i].data) {
-			for (j = 0; j < cache->pages; j++)
-				kfree(cache->entry[i].data[j]);
-			kfree(cache->entry[i].data);
-		}
+		if (cache->entry[i].page)
+			free_page_array(cache->entry[i].page, cache->pages);
 		kfree(cache->entry[i].actor);
 	}
 
@@ -236,7 +233,7 @@ void squashfs_cache_delete(struct squashfs_cache *cache)
 struct squashfs_cache *squashfs_cache_init(char *name, int entries,
 	int block_size)
 {
-	int i, j;
+	int i;
 	struct squashfs_cache *cache = kzalloc(sizeof(*cache), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (cache == NULL) {
@@ -268,22 +265,13 @@ struct squashfs_cache *squashfs_cache_init(char *name, int entries,
 		init_waitqueue_head(&cache->entry[i].wait_queue);
 		entry->cache = cache;
 		entry->block = SQUASHFS_INVALID_BLK;
-		entry->data = kcalloc(cache->pages, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (entry->data == NULL) {
+		entry->page = alloc_page_array(cache->pages, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!entry->page) {
 			ERROR("Failed to allocate %s cache entry\n", name);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
-
-		for (j = 0; j < cache->pages; j++) {
-			entry->data[j] = kmalloc(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (entry->data[j] == NULL) {
-				ERROR("Failed to allocate %s buffer\n", name);
-				goto cleanup;
-			}
-		}
-
-		entry->actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(entry->data,
-						cache->pages, 0);
+		entry->actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(entry->page,
+			cache->pages, 0, NULL);
 		if (entry->actor == NULL) {
 			ERROR("Failed to allocate %s cache entry\n", name);
 			goto cleanup;
@@ -314,18 +302,20 @@ int squashfs_copy_data(void *buffer, struct squashfs_cache_entry *entry,
 		return min(length, entry->length - offset);
 
 	while (offset < entry->length) {
-		void *buff = entry->data[offset / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE]
-				+ (offset % PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+		void *buff = kmap_atomic(entry->page[offset / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE])
+			     + (offset % PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 		int bytes = min_t(int, entry->length - offset,
 				PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - (offset % PAGE_CACHE_SIZE));
 
 		if (bytes >= remaining) {
 			memcpy(buffer, buff, remaining);
+			kunmap_atomic(buff);
 			remaining = 0;
 			break;
 		}
 
 		memcpy(buffer, buff, bytes);
+		kunmap_atomic(buff);
 		buffer += bytes;
 		remaining -= bytes;
 		offset += bytes;
@@ -416,43 +406,38 @@ struct squashfs_cache_entry *squashfs_get_datablock(struct super_block *sb,
 void *squashfs_read_table(struct super_block *sb, u64 block, int length)
 {
 	int pages = (length + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	int i, res;
-	void *table, *buffer, **data;
+	struct page **page;
+	void *buff;
+	int res;
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *actor;
 
-	table = buffer = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (table == NULL)
+	page = alloc_page_array(pages, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!page)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	data = kcalloc(pages, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (data == NULL) {
-		res = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
-	actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(data, pages, length);
+	actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(page, pages, length, NULL);
 	if (actor == NULL) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failed2;
+		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < pages; i++, buffer += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
-		data[i] = buffer;
-
 	res = squashfs_read_data(sb, block, length |
 		SQUASHFS_COMPRESSED_BIT_BLOCK, NULL, actor);
 
-	kfree(data);
-	kfree(actor);
-
 	if (res < 0)
-		goto failed;
+		goto failed2;
 
-	return table;
+	buff = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buff)
+		goto failed2;
+	squashfs_actor_to_buf(actor, buff, length);
+	squashfs_page_actor_free(actor, 0);
+	free_page_array(page, pages);
+	return buff;
 
 failed2:
-	kfree(data);
+	squashfs_page_actor_free(actor, 0);
 failed:
-	kfree(table);
+	free_page_array(page, pages);
 	return ERR_PTR(res);
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
index e9034bf6e5ae2..7de35bf297aad 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 
 #include "squashfs_fs.h"
 #include "squashfs_fs_sb.h"
@@ -94,40 +95,44 @@ const struct squashfs_decompressor *squashfs_lookup_decompressor(int id)
 static void *get_comp_opts(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short flags)
 {
 	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = sb->s_fs_info;
-	void *buffer = NULL, *comp_opts;
+	void *comp_opts, *buffer = NULL;
+	struct page *page;
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *actor = NULL;
 	int length = 0;
 
+	if (!SQUASHFS_COMP_OPTS(flags))
+		return squashfs_comp_opts(msblk, buffer, length);
+
 	/*
 	 * Read decompressor specific options from file system if present
 	 */
-	if (SQUASHFS_COMP_OPTS(flags)) {
-		buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (buffer == NULL) {
-			comp_opts = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(&buffer, 1, 0);
-		if (actor == NULL) {
-			comp_opts = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		length = squashfs_read_data(sb,
-			sizeof(struct squashfs_super_block), 0, NULL, actor);
-
-		if (length < 0) {
-			comp_opts = ERR_PTR(length);
-			goto out;
-		}
+
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!page)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(&page, 1, 0, NULL);
+	if (actor == NULL) {
+		comp_opts = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		goto actor_error;
+	}
+
+	length = squashfs_read_data(sb,
+		sizeof(struct squashfs_super_block), 0, NULL, actor);
+
+	if (length < 0) {
+		comp_opts = ERR_PTR(length);
+		goto read_error;
 	}
 
+	buffer = kmap_atomic(page);
 	comp_opts = squashfs_comp_opts(msblk, buffer, length);
+	kunmap_atomic(buffer);
 
-out:
-	kfree(actor);
-	kfree(buffer);
+read_error:
+	squashfs_page_actor_free(actor, 0);
+actor_error:
+	__free_page(page);
 	return comp_opts;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/file_direct.c b/fs/squashfs/file_direct.c
index 43e7a7eddac03..9d033ec0f133a 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/file_direct.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/file_direct.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int squashfs_readpage_block(struct page *target_page, u64 block, int bsize)
 	 * Create a "page actor" which will kmap and kunmap the
 	 * page cache pages appropriately within the decompressor
 	 */
-	actor = squashfs_page_actor_init_special(page, pages, 0);
+	actor = squashfs_page_actor_init(page, pages, 0, NULL);
 	if (actor == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int squashfs_readpage_block(struct page *target_page, u64 block, int bsize)
 	}
 
 out:
-	kfree(actor);
+	squashfs_page_actor_free(actor, 0);
 	kfree(page);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/lz4_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/lz4_wrapper.c
index c31e2bc9c0815..df4fa3c7ddd0d 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/lz4_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/lz4_wrapper.c
@@ -94,39 +94,17 @@ static int lz4_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *output)
 {
-	struct squashfs_lz4 *stream = strm;
-	void *buff = stream->input, *data;
-	int avail, i, bytes = length, res;
+	int res;
 	size_t dest_len = output->length;
+	struct squashfs_lz4 *stream = strm;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < b; i++) {
-		avail = min(bytes, msblk->devblksize - offset);
-		memcpy(buff, bh[i]->b_data + offset, avail);
-		buff += avail;
-		bytes -= avail;
-		offset = 0;
-		put_bh(bh[i]);
-	}
-
+	squashfs_bh_to_buf(bh, b, stream->input, offset, length,
+		msblk->devblksize);
 	res = lz4_decompress_unknownoutputsize(stream->input, length,
 					stream->output, &dest_len);
 	if (res)
 		return -EIO;
-
-	bytes = dest_len;
-	data = squashfs_first_page(output);
-	buff = stream->output;
-	while (data) {
-		if (bytes <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-			memcpy(data, buff, bytes);
-			break;
-		}
-		memcpy(data, buff, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-		buff += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-		bytes -= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-		data = squashfs_next_page(output);
-	}
-	squashfs_finish_page(output);
+	squashfs_buf_to_actor(stream->output, output, dest_len);
 
 	return dest_len;
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
index 244b9fbfff7b2..2c844d53a59e0 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
@@ -79,45 +79,19 @@ static int lzo_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *output)
 {
-	struct squashfs_lzo *stream = strm;
-	void *buff = stream->input, *data;
-	int avail, i, bytes = length, res;
+	int res;
 	size_t out_len = output->length;
+	struct squashfs_lzo *stream = strm;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < b; i++) {
-		avail = min(bytes, msblk->devblksize - offset);
-		memcpy(buff, bh[i]->b_data + offset, avail);
-		buff += avail;
-		bytes -= avail;
-		offset = 0;
-		put_bh(bh[i]);
-	}
-
+	squashfs_bh_to_buf(bh, b, stream->input, offset, length,
+		msblk->devblksize);
 	res = lzo1x_decompress_safe(stream->input, (size_t)length,
 					stream->output, &out_len);
 	if (res != LZO_E_OK)
-		goto failed;
+		return -EIO;
+	squashfs_buf_to_actor(stream->output, output, out_len);
 
-	res = bytes = (int)out_len;
-	data = squashfs_first_page(output);
-	buff = stream->output;
-	while (data) {
-		if (bytes <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
-			memcpy(data, buff, bytes);
-			break;
-		} else {
-			memcpy(data, buff, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-			buff += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-			bytes -= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-			data = squashfs_next_page(output);
-		}
-	}
-	squashfs_finish_page(output);
-
-	return res;
-
-failed:
-	return -EIO;
+	return out_len;
 }
 
 const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_lzo_comp_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/page_actor.c b/fs/squashfs/page_actor.c
index 5a1c11f564415..53863508e4000 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/page_actor.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/page_actor.c
@@ -9,39 +9,11 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include "page_actor.h"
 
-/*
- * This file contains implementations of page_actor for decompressing into
- * an intermediate buffer, and for decompressing directly into the
- * page cache.
- *
- * Calling code should avoid sleeping between calls to squashfs_first_page()
- * and squashfs_finish_page().
- */
-
-/* Implementation of page_actor for decompressing into intermediate buffer */
-static void *cache_first_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
-{
-	actor->next_page = 1;
-	return actor->buffer[0];
-}
-
-static void *cache_next_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
-{
-	if (actor->next_page == actor->pages)
-		return NULL;
-
-	return actor->buffer[actor->next_page++];
-}
-
-static void cache_finish_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
-{
-	/* empty */
-}
-
-struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init(void **buffer,
-	int pages, int length)
+struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init(struct page **page,
+	int pages, int length, void (*release_pages)(struct page **, int, int))
 {
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *actor = kmalloc(sizeof(*actor), GFP_KERNEL);
 
@@ -49,52 +21,133 @@ struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init(void **buffer,
 		return NULL;
 
 	actor->length = length ? : pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	actor->buffer = buffer;
+	actor->page = page;
 	actor->pages = pages;
 	actor->next_page = 0;
-	actor->squashfs_first_page = cache_first_page;
-	actor->squashfs_next_page = cache_next_page;
-	actor->squashfs_finish_page = cache_finish_page;
+	actor->pageaddr = NULL;
+	actor->release_pages = release_pages;
 	return actor;
 }
 
-/* Implementation of page_actor for decompressing directly into page cache. */
-static void *direct_first_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
+void squashfs_page_actor_free(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor, int error)
+{
+	if (!actor)
+		return;
+
+	if (actor->release_pages)
+		actor->release_pages(actor->page, actor->pages, error);
+	kfree(actor);
+}
+
+void squashfs_actor_to_buf(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor, void *buf,
+	int length)
 {
-	actor->next_page = 1;
-	return actor->pageaddr = kmap_atomic(actor->page[0]);
+	void *pageaddr;
+	int pos = 0, avail, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < actor->pages && pos < length; ++i) {
+		avail = min_t(int, length - pos, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+		if (actor->page[i]) {
+			pageaddr = kmap_atomic(actor->page[i]);
+			memcpy(buf + pos, pageaddr, avail);
+			kunmap_atomic(pageaddr);
+		}
+		pos += avail;
+	}
 }
 
-static void *direct_next_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
+void squashfs_buf_to_actor(void *buf, struct squashfs_page_actor *actor,
+	int length)
 {
-	if (actor->pageaddr)
-		kunmap_atomic(actor->pageaddr);
+	void *pageaddr;
+	int pos = 0, avail, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < actor->pages && pos < length; ++i) {
+		avail = min_t(int, length - pos, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+		if (actor->page[i]) {
+			pageaddr = kmap_atomic(actor->page[i]);
+			memcpy(pageaddr, buf + pos, avail);
+			kunmap_atomic(pageaddr);
+		}
+		pos += avail;
+	}
+}
 
-	return actor->pageaddr = actor->next_page == actor->pages ? NULL :
-		kmap_atomic(actor->page[actor->next_page++]);
+void squashfs_bh_to_actor(struct buffer_head **bh, int nr_buffers,
+	struct squashfs_page_actor *actor, int offset, int length, int blksz)
+{
+	void *kaddr = NULL;
+	int bytes = 0, pgoff = 0, b = 0, p = 0, avail, i;
+
+	while (bytes < length) {
+		if (actor->page[p]) {
+			kaddr = kmap_atomic(actor->page[p]);
+			while (pgoff < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE && bytes < length) {
+				avail = min_t(int, blksz - offset,
+						PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - pgoff);
+				memcpy(kaddr + pgoff, bh[b]->b_data + offset,
+				       avail);
+				pgoff += avail;
+				bytes += avail;
+				offset = (offset + avail) % blksz;
+				if (!offset) {
+					put_bh(bh[b]);
+					++b;
+				}
+			}
+			kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
+			pgoff = 0;
+		} else {
+			for (i = 0; i < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE / blksz; ++i) {
+				if (bh[b])
+					put_bh(bh[b]);
+				++b;
+			}
+			bytes += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+		}
+		++p;
+	}
 }
 
-static void direct_finish_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
+void squashfs_bh_to_buf(struct buffer_head **bh, int nr_buffers, void *buf,
+	int offset, int length, int blksz)
 {
-	if (actor->pageaddr)
-		kunmap_atomic(actor->pageaddr);
+	int i, avail, bytes = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_buffers && bytes < length; ++i) {
+		avail = min_t(int, length - bytes, blksz - offset);
+		if (bh[i]) {
+			memcpy(buf + bytes, bh[i]->b_data + offset, avail);
+			put_bh(bh[i]);
+		}
+		bytes += avail;
+		offset = 0;
+	}
 }
 
-struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init_special(struct page **page,
-	int pages, int length)
+void free_page_array(struct page **page, int nr_pages)
 {
-	struct squashfs_page_actor *actor = kmalloc(sizeof(*actor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	int i;
 
-	if (actor == NULL)
-		return NULL;
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i)
+		__free_page(page[i]);
+	kfree(page);
+}
 
-	actor->length = length ? : pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-	actor->page = page;
-	actor->pages = pages;
-	actor->next_page = 0;
-	actor->pageaddr = NULL;
-	actor->squashfs_first_page = direct_first_page;
-	actor->squashfs_next_page = direct_next_page;
-	actor->squashfs_finish_page = direct_finish_page;
-	return actor;
+struct page **alloc_page_array(int nr_pages, int gfp_mask)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct page **page;
+
+	page = kcalloc(nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *), gfp_mask);
+	if (!page)
+		return NULL;
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i) {
+		page[i] = alloc_page(gfp_mask);
+		if (!page[i]) {
+			free_page_array(page, i);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	return page;
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/page_actor.h b/fs/squashfs/page_actor.h
index d2df0544e0dfd..aa1ed790b5a38 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/page_actor.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/page_actor.h
@@ -5,37 +5,61 @@
  * Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>
  *
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
- * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level squashfsory.
  */
 
 struct squashfs_page_actor {
-	union {
-		void		**buffer;
-		struct page	**page;
-	};
+	struct page	**page;
 	void	*pageaddr;
-	void    *(*squashfs_first_page)(struct squashfs_page_actor *);
-	void    *(*squashfs_next_page)(struct squashfs_page_actor *);
-	void    (*squashfs_finish_page)(struct squashfs_page_actor *);
 	int	pages;
 	int	length;
 	int	next_page;
+	void	(*release_pages)(struct page **, int, int);
 };
 
-extern struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init(void **, int, int);
-extern struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init_special(struct page
-							 **, int, int);
+extern struct squashfs_page_actor *squashfs_page_actor_init(struct page **,
+	int, int, void (*)(struct page **, int, int));
+extern void squashfs_page_actor_free(struct squashfs_page_actor *, int);
+
+extern void squashfs_actor_to_buf(struct squashfs_page_actor *, void *, int);
+extern void squashfs_buf_to_actor(void *, struct squashfs_page_actor *, int);
+extern void squashfs_bh_to_actor(struct buffer_head **, int,
+	struct squashfs_page_actor *, int, int, int);
+extern void squashfs_bh_to_buf(struct buffer_head **, int, void *, int, int,
+	int);
+
+/*
+ * Calling code should avoid sleeping between calls to squashfs_first_page()
+ * and squashfs_finish_page().
+ */
 static inline void *squashfs_first_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
 {
-	return actor->squashfs_first_page(actor);
+	actor->next_page = 1;
+	return actor->pageaddr = actor->page[0] ? kmap_atomic(actor->page[0])
+						: NULL;
 }
+
 static inline void *squashfs_next_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
 {
-	return actor->squashfs_next_page(actor);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(actor->pageaddr))
+		kunmap_atomic(actor->pageaddr);
+
+	if (actor->next_page == actor->pages)
+		return actor->pageaddr = ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+
+	actor->pageaddr = actor->page[actor->next_page] ?
+	    kmap_atomic(actor->page[actor->next_page]) : NULL;
+	++actor->next_page;
+	return actor->pageaddr;
 }
+
 static inline void squashfs_finish_page(struct squashfs_page_actor *actor)
 {
-	actor->squashfs_finish_page(actor);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(actor->pageaddr))
+		kunmap_atomic(actor->pageaddr);
 }
 
+extern struct page **alloc_page_array(int, int);
+extern void free_page_array(struct page **, int);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
index 1da565cb50c3d..8a6995de02773 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct squashfs_cache_entry {
 	int			num_waiters;
 	wait_queue_head_t	wait_queue;
 	struct squashfs_cache	*cache;
-	void			**data;
+	struct page		**page;
 	struct squashfs_page_actor	*actor;
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
index c609624e4b8a8..14cd373e18971 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static void *squashfs_xz_comp_opts(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
 	struct comp_opts *opts;
 	int err = 0, n;
 
-	opts = kmalloc(sizeof(*opts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	opts = kmalloc(sizeof(*opts), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (opts == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out2;
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	enum xz_ret xz_err;
 	int avail, total = 0, k = 0;
 	struct squashfs_xz *stream = strm;
+	void *buf = NULL;
 
 	xz_dec_reset(stream->state);
 	stream->buf.in_pos = 0;
@@ -156,12 +157,20 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 
 		if (stream->buf.out_pos == stream->buf.out_size) {
 			stream->buf.out = squashfs_next_page(output);
-			if (stream->buf.out != NULL) {
+			if (!IS_ERR(stream->buf.out)) {
 				stream->buf.out_pos = 0;
 				total += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (!stream->buf.out) {
+			if (!buf) {
+				buf = kmalloc(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				if (!buf)
+					goto out;
+			}
+			stream->buf.out = buf;
+		}
 		xz_err = xz_dec_run(stream->state, &stream->buf);
 
 		if (stream->buf.in_pos == stream->buf.in_size && k < b)
@@ -173,11 +182,13 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	if (xz_err != XZ_STREAM_END || k < b)
 		goto out;
 
+	kfree(buf);
 	return total + stream->buf.out_pos;
 
 out:
 	for (; k < b; k++)
 		put_bh(bh[k]);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return -EIO;
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
index 8727caba68822..09c892b5308e3 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
 	struct squashfs_page_actor *output)
 {
+	void *buf = NULL;
 	int zlib_err, zlib_init = 0, k = 0;
 	z_stream *stream = strm;
 
@@ -84,10 +85,19 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 
 		if (stream->avail_out == 0) {
 			stream->next_out = squashfs_next_page(output);
-			if (stream->next_out != NULL)
+			if (!IS_ERR(stream->next_out))
 				stream->avail_out = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 		}
 
+		if (!stream->next_out) {
+			if (!buf) {
+				buf = kmalloc(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				if (!buf)
+					goto out;
+			}
+			stream->next_out = buf;
+		}
+
 		if (!zlib_init) {
 			zlib_err = zlib_inflateInit(stream);
 			if (zlib_err != Z_OK) {
@@ -115,11 +125,13 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
 	if (k < b)
 		goto out;
 
+	kfree(buf);
 	return stream->total_out;
 
 out:
 	for (; k < b; k++)
 		put_bh(bh[k]);
+	kfree(buf);
 
 	return -EIO;
 }