diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index d97d73c73303..d1c1f6283729 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/balloon_compaction.h>
-#include <linux/oom.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
@@ -40,13 +39,8 @@
  */
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE (unsigned)(PAGE_SIZE >> VIRTIO_BALLOON_PFN_SHIFT)
 #define VIRTIO_BALLOON_ARRAY_PFNS_MAX 256
-#define OOM_VBALLOON_DEFAULT_PAGES 256
 #define VIRTBALLOON_OOM_NOTIFY_PRIORITY 80
 
-static int oom_pages = OOM_VBALLOON_DEFAULT_PAGES;
-module_param(oom_pages, int, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(oom_pages, "pages to free on OOM");
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION
 static struct vfsmount *balloon_mnt;
 #endif
@@ -86,8 +80,8 @@ struct virtio_balloon {
 	/* Memory statistics */
 	struct virtio_balloon_stat stats[VIRTIO_BALLOON_S_NR];
 
-	/* To register callback in oom notifier call chain */
-	struct notifier_block nb;
+	/* To register a shrinker to shrink memory upon memory pressure */
+	struct shrinker shrinker;
 };
 
 static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
@@ -365,38 +359,6 @@ static void update_balloon_size(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 		      &actual);
 }
 
-/*
- * virtballoon_oom_notify - release pages when system is under severe
- *			    memory pressure (called from out_of_memory())
- * @self : notifier block struct
- * @dummy: not used
- * @parm : returned - number of freed pages
- *
- * The balancing of memory by use of the virtio balloon should not cause
- * the termination of processes while there are pages in the balloon.
- * If virtio balloon manages to release some memory, it will make the
- * system return and retry the allocation that forced the OOM killer
- * to run.
- */
-static int virtballoon_oom_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
-				  unsigned long dummy, void *parm)
-{
-	struct virtio_balloon *vb;
-	unsigned long *freed;
-	unsigned num_freed_pages;
-
-	vb = container_of(self, struct virtio_balloon, nb);
-	if (!virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM))
-		return NOTIFY_OK;
-
-	freed = parm;
-	num_freed_pages = leak_balloon(vb, oom_pages);
-	update_balloon_size(vb);
-	*freed += num_freed_pages;
-
-	return NOTIFY_OK;
-}
-
 static void update_balloon_stats_func(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb;
@@ -550,6 +512,52 @@ static struct file_system_type balloon_fs = {
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION */
 
+static unsigned long virtio_balloon_shrinker_scan(struct shrinker *shrinker,
+						  struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	unsigned long pages_to_free, pages_freed = 0;
+	struct virtio_balloon *vb = container_of(shrinker,
+					struct virtio_balloon, shrinker);
+
+	pages_to_free = sc->nr_to_scan * VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE;
+
+	/*
+	 * One invocation of leak_balloon can deflate at most
+	 * VIRTIO_BALLOON_ARRAY_PFNS_MAX balloon pages, so we call it
+	 * multiple times to deflate pages till reaching pages_to_free.
+	 */
+	while (vb->num_pages && pages_to_free) {
+		pages_to_free -= pages_freed;
+		pages_freed += leak_balloon(vb, pages_to_free);
+	}
+	update_balloon_size(vb);
+
+	return pages_freed / VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE;
+}
+
+static unsigned long virtio_balloon_shrinker_count(struct shrinker *shrinker,
+						   struct shrink_control *sc)
+{
+	struct virtio_balloon *vb = container_of(shrinker,
+					struct virtio_balloon, shrinker);
+
+	return vb->num_pages / VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE;
+}
+
+static void virtio_balloon_unregister_shrinker(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
+{
+	unregister_shrinker(&vb->shrinker);
+}
+
+static int virtio_balloon_register_shrinker(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
+{
+	vb->shrinker.scan_objects = virtio_balloon_shrinker_scan;
+	vb->shrinker.count_objects = virtio_balloon_shrinker_count;
+	vb->shrinker.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS;
+
+	return register_shrinker(&vb->shrinker);
+}
+
 static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb;
@@ -580,17 +588,10 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_vb;
 
-	vb->nb.notifier_call = virtballoon_oom_notify;
-	vb->nb.priority = VIRTBALLOON_OOM_NOTIFY_PRIORITY;
-	err = register_oom_notifier(&vb->nb);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_del_vqs;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION
 	balloon_mnt = kern_mount(&balloon_fs);
 	if (IS_ERR(balloon_mnt)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(balloon_mnt);
-		unregister_oom_notifier(&vb->nb);
 		goto out_del_vqs;
 	}
 
@@ -599,12 +600,19 @@ static int virtballoon_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(vb->vb_dev_info.inode)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(vb->vb_dev_info.inode);
 		kern_unmount(balloon_mnt);
-		unregister_oom_notifier(&vb->nb);
 		goto out_del_vqs;
 	}
 	vb->vb_dev_info.inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &balloon_aops;
 #endif
-
+	/*
+	 * We continue to use VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM to decide if a
+	 * shrinker needs to be registered to relieve memory pressure.
+	 */
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM)) {
+		err = virtio_balloon_register_shrinker(vb);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_del_vqs;
+	}
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
 
 	if (towards_target(vb))
@@ -636,8 +644,8 @@ static void virtballoon_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb = vdev->priv;
 
-	unregister_oom_notifier(&vb->nb);
-
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_BALLOON_F_DEFLATE_ON_OOM))
+		virtio_balloon_unregister_shrinker(vb);
 	spin_lock_irq(&vb->stop_update_lock);
 	vb->stop_update = true;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&vb->stop_update_lock);