diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 1ccb015ab1eb..8f64d3533990 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -437,6 +437,24 @@ static unsigned long isolate_freepages_block(struct compact_control *cc,
 
 		if (!valid_page)
 			valid_page = page;
+
+		/*
+		 * For compound pages such as THP and hugetlbfs, we can save
+		 * potentially a lot of iterations if we skip them at once.
+		 * The check is racy, but we can consider only valid values
+		 * and the only danger is skipping too much.
+		 */
+		if (PageCompound(page)) {
+			unsigned int comp_order = compound_order(page);
+
+			if (likely(comp_order < MAX_ORDER)) {
+				blockpfn += (1UL << comp_order) - 1;
+				cursor += (1UL << comp_order) - 1;
+			}
+
+			goto isolate_fail;
+		}
+
 		if (!PageBuddy(page))
 			goto isolate_fail;
 
@@ -496,6 +514,13 @@ isolate_fail:
 
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * There is a tiny chance that we have read bogus compound_order(),
+	 * so be careful to not go outside of the pageblock.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(blockpfn > end_pfn))
+		blockpfn = end_pfn;
+
 	trace_mm_compaction_isolate_freepages(*start_pfn, blockpfn,
 					nr_scanned, total_isolated);