diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
index 75b7962439ff..6397725b5ec6 100644
--- a/mm/z3fold.c
+++ b/mm/z3fold.c
@@ -372,9 +372,10 @@ static inline int __idx(struct z3fold_header *zhdr, enum buddy bud)
  * Encodes the handle of a particular buddy within a z3fold page
  * Pool lock should be held as this function accesses first_num
  */
-static unsigned long encode_handle(struct z3fold_header *zhdr, enum buddy bud)
+static unsigned long __encode_handle(struct z3fold_header *zhdr,
+				struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots,
+				enum buddy bud)
 {
-	struct z3fold_buddy_slots *slots;
 	unsigned long h = (unsigned long)zhdr;
 	int idx = 0;
 
@@ -391,11 +392,15 @@ static unsigned long encode_handle(struct z3fold_header *zhdr, enum buddy bud)
 	if (bud == LAST)
 		h |= (zhdr->last_chunks << BUDDY_SHIFT);
 
-	slots = zhdr->slots;
 	slots->slot[idx] = h;
 	return (unsigned long)&slots->slot[idx];
 }
 
+static unsigned long encode_handle(struct z3fold_header *zhdr, enum buddy bud)
+{
+	return __encode_handle(zhdr, zhdr->slots, bud);
+}
+
 /* Returns the z3fold page where a given handle is stored */
 static inline struct z3fold_header *handle_to_z3fold_header(unsigned long h)
 {
@@ -630,6 +635,7 @@ static void do_compact_page(struct z3fold_header *zhdr, bool locked)
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(PageIsolated(page) ||
+		     test_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private) ||
 		     test_bit(PAGE_STALE, &page->private))) {
 		z3fold_page_unlock(zhdr);
 		return;
@@ -1132,6 +1138,7 @@ static int z3fold_reclaim_page(struct z3fold_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
 	struct z3fold_header *zhdr = NULL;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 	struct list_head *pos;
+	struct z3fold_buddy_slots slots;
 	unsigned long first_handle = 0, middle_handle = 0, last_handle = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&pool->lock);
@@ -1150,16 +1157,22 @@ static int z3fold_reclaim_page(struct z3fold_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
 			/* this bit could have been set by free, in which case
 			 * we pass over to the next page in the pool.
 			 */
-			if (test_and_set_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private))
+			if (test_and_set_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private)) {
+				page = NULL;
 				continue;
+			}
 
-			if (unlikely(PageIsolated(page)))
+			if (unlikely(PageIsolated(page))) {
+				clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
+				page = NULL;
 				continue;
+			}
+			zhdr = page_address(page);
 			if (test_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private))
 				break;
 
-			zhdr = page_address(page);
 			if (!z3fold_page_trylock(zhdr)) {
+				clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
 				zhdr = NULL;
 				continue; /* can't evict at this point */
 			}
@@ -1177,26 +1190,30 @@ static int z3fold_reclaim_page(struct z3fold_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
 
 		if (!test_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private)) {
 			/*
-			 * We need encode the handles before unlocking, since
-			 * we can race with free that will set
-			 * (first|last)_chunks to 0
+			 * We need encode the handles before unlocking, and
+			 * use our local slots structure because z3fold_free
+			 * can zero out zhdr->slots and we can't do much
+			 * about that
 			 */
 			first_handle = 0;
 			last_handle = 0;
 			middle_handle = 0;
 			if (zhdr->first_chunks)
-				first_handle = encode_handle(zhdr, FIRST);
+				first_handle = __encode_handle(zhdr, &slots,
+								FIRST);
 			if (zhdr->middle_chunks)
-				middle_handle = encode_handle(zhdr, MIDDLE);
+				middle_handle = __encode_handle(zhdr, &slots,
+								MIDDLE);
 			if (zhdr->last_chunks)
-				last_handle = encode_handle(zhdr, LAST);
+				last_handle = __encode_handle(zhdr, &slots,
+								LAST);
 			/*
 			 * it's safe to unlock here because we hold a
 			 * reference to this page
 			 */
 			z3fold_page_unlock(zhdr);
 		} else {
-			first_handle = encode_handle(zhdr, HEADLESS);
+			first_handle = __encode_handle(zhdr, &slots, HEADLESS);
 			last_handle = middle_handle = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1226,9 +1243,9 @@ static int z3fold_reclaim_page(struct z3fold_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
 			spin_lock(&pool->lock);
 			list_add(&page->lru, &pool->lru);
 			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
+			clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
 		} else {
 			z3fold_page_lock(zhdr);
-			clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
 			if (kref_put(&zhdr->refcount,
 					release_z3fold_page_locked)) {
 				atomic64_dec(&pool->pages_nr);
@@ -1243,6 +1260,7 @@ static int z3fold_reclaim_page(struct z3fold_pool *pool, unsigned int retries)
 			list_add(&page->lru, &pool->lru);
 			spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
 			z3fold_page_unlock(zhdr);
+			clear_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private);
 		}
 
 		/* We started off locked to we need to lock the pool back */
@@ -1369,7 +1387,8 @@ static bool z3fold_page_isolate(struct page *page, isolate_mode_t mode)
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageMovable(page), page);
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageIsolated(page), page);
 
-	if (test_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private))
+	if (test_bit(PAGE_HEADLESS, &page->private) ||
+	    test_bit(PAGE_CLAIMED, &page->private))
 		return false;
 
 	zhdr = page_address(page);
