diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index eb342994675a..f06225f18531 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
+++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 
 #define SHRINKER_UNIT_BITS	BITS_PER_LONG
 

@@ -87,6 +89,10 @@ struct shrinker {
 	int seeks;	/* seeks to recreate an obj */
 	unsigned flags;
 
+	refcount_t refcount;
+	struct completion done;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;

+
 	void *private_data;
 
 	/* These are for internal use */

@@ -120,6 +126,17 @@ struct shrinker *shrinker_alloc(unsigned int flags, const char *fmt, ...);
 void shrinker_register(struct shrinker *shrinker);
 void shrinker_free(struct shrinker *shrinker);
 
+static inline bool shrinker_try_get(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+{
+	return refcount_inc_not_zero(&shrinker->refcount);
+}
+
+static inline void shrinker_put(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+{
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&shrinker->refcount))
+		complete(&shrinker->done);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHRINKER_DEBUG
 extern int __printf(2, 3) shrinker_debugfs_rename(struct shrinker *shrinker,
 						  const char *fmt, ...);

diff --git a/mm/shrinker.c b/mm/shrinker.c
index 1911c06b8af5..d318f5621862 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker.c

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/shrinker.h>
+#include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <trace/events/vmscan.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"

@@ -577,33 +578,42 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && !mem_cgroup_is_root(memcg))
 		return shrink_slab_memcg(gfp_mask, nid, memcg, priority);
 
-	if (!down_read_trylock(&shrinker_rwsem))
-		goto out;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
 		struct shrink_control sc = {
 			.gfp_mask = gfp_mask,
 			.nid = nid,
 			.memcg = memcg,
 		};
 
+		if (!shrinker_try_get(shrinker))
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * We can safely unlock the RCU lock here since we already
+		 * hold the refcount of the shrinker.
+		 */
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+
 		ret = do_shrink_slab(&sc, shrinker, priority);
 		if (ret == SHRINK_EMPTY)
 			ret = 0;
 		freed += ret;
+
 		/*
-		 * Bail out if someone want to register a new shrinker to
-		 * prevent the registration from being stalled for long periods
-		 * by parallel ongoing shrinking.
+		 * This shrinker may be deleted from shrinker_list and freed
+		 * after the shrinker_put() below, but this shrinker is still
+		 * used for the next traversal. So it is necessary to hold the
+		 * RCU lock first to prevent this shrinker from being freed,
+		 * which also ensures that the next shrinker that is traversed
+		 * will not be freed (even if it is deleted from shrinker_list
+		 * at the same time).
 		 */