diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 144727041e78..c9e7fea10b83 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ enum {
 	SWP_PAGE_DISCARD = (1 << 10),	/* freed swap page-cluster discards */
 	SWP_STABLE_WRITES = (1 << 11),	/* no overwrite PG_writeback pages */
 	SWP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO = (1 << 12),	/* synchronous IO is efficient */
-	SWP_VALID	= (1 << 13),	/* swap is valid to be operated on? */
 					/* add others here before... */
 	SWP_SCANNING	= (1 << 14),	/* refcount in scan_swap_map */
 };
@@ -240,6 +239,7 @@ struct swap_cluster_list {
  * The in-memory structure used to track swap areas.
  */
 struct swap_info_struct {
+	struct percpu_ref users;	/* indicate and keep swap device valid. */
 	unsigned long	flags;		/* SWP_USED etc: see above */
 	signed short	prio;		/* swap priority of this type */
 	struct plist_node list;		/* entry in swap_active_head */
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ struct swap_info_struct {
 	struct block_device *bdev;	/* swap device or bdev of swap file */
 	struct file *swap_file;		/* seldom referenced */
 	unsigned int old_block_size;	/* seldom referenced */
+	struct completion comp;		/* seldom referenced */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
 	unsigned long *frontswap_map;	/* frontswap in-use, one bit per page */
 	atomic_t frontswap_pages;	/* frontswap pages in-use counter */
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@ sector_t swap_page_sector(struct page *page);
 
 static inline void put_swap_device(struct swap_info_struct *si)
 {
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	percpu_ref_put(&si->users);
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SWAP */
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 149e77454e3c..2aad85751991 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/swap_slots.h>
 #include <linux/sort.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
@@ -511,6 +512,14 @@ static void swap_discard_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock(&si->lock);
 }
 
+static void swap_users_ref_free(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	struct swap_info_struct *si;
+
+	si = container_of(ref, struct swap_info_struct, users);
+	complete(&si->comp);
+}
+
 static void alloc_cluster(struct swap_info_struct *si, unsigned long idx)
 {
 	struct swap_cluster_info *ci = si->cluster_info;
@@ -1270,18 +1279,12 @@ static unsigned char __swap_entry_free_locked(struct swap_info_struct *p,
  * via preventing the swap device from being swapoff, until
  * put_swap_device() is called.  Otherwise return NULL.
  *
- * The entirety of the RCU read critical section must come before the
- * return from or after the call to synchronize_rcu() in
- * enable_swap_info() or swapoff().  So if "si->flags & SWP_VALID" is
- * true, the si->map, si->cluster_info, etc. must be valid in the
- * critical section.
- *
  * Notice that swapoff or swapoff+swapon can still happen before the
- * rcu_read_lock() in get_swap_device() or after the rcu_read_unlock()
- * in put_swap_device() if there isn't any other way to prevent
- * swapoff, such as page lock, page table lock, etc.  The caller must
- * be prepared for that.  For example, the following situation is
- * possible.
+ * percpu_ref_tryget_live() in get_swap_device() or after the
+ * percpu_ref_put() in put_swap_device() if there isn't any other way
+ * to prevent swapoff, such as page lock, page table lock, etc.  The
+ * caller must be prepared for that.  For example, the following
+ * situation is possible.
  *
  *   CPU1				CPU2
  *   do_swap_page()
@@ -1309,21 +1312,27 @@ struct swap_info_struct *get_swap_device(swp_entry_t entry)
 	si = swp_swap_info(entry);
 	if (!si)
 		goto bad_nofile;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (data_race(!(si->flags & SWP_VALID)))
-		goto unlock_out;
+	if (!percpu_ref_tryget_live(&si->users))
+		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * Guarantee the si->users are checked before accessing other
+	 * fields of swap_info_struct.
+	 *
+	 * Paired with the spin_unlock() after setup_swap_info() in
+	 * enable_swap_info().
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
 	offset = swp_offset(entry);
 	if (offset >= si->max)
-		goto unlock_out;
+		goto put_out;
 
 	return si;
 bad_nofile:
 	pr_err("%s: %s%08lx\n", __func__, Bad_file, entry.val);
 out:
 	return NULL;
-unlock_out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+put_out:
+	percpu_ref_put(&si->users);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2466,7 +2475,7 @@ static void setup_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p, int prio,
 
 static void _enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p)
 {
-	p->flags |= SWP_WRITEOK | SWP_VALID;
+	p->flags |= SWP_WRITEOK;
 	atomic_long_add(p->pages, &nr_swap_pages);
 	total_swap_pages += p->pages;
 
@@ -2497,10 +2506,9 @@ static void enable_swap_info(struct swap_info_struct *p, int prio,
 	spin_unlock(&p->lock);
 	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 	/*
-	 * Guarantee swap_map, cluster_info, etc. fields are valid
-	 * between get/put_swap_device() if SWP_VALID bit is set
+	 * Finished initializing swap device, now it's safe to reference it.
 	 */
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	percpu_ref_resurrect(&p->users);
 	spin_lock(&swap_lock);
 	spin_lock(&p->lock);
 	_enable_swap_info(p);
@@ -2616,16 +2624,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(swapoff, const char __user *, specialfile)
 
 	reenable_swap_slots_cache_unlock();
 
-	spin_lock(&swap_lock);
-	spin_lock(&p->lock);
-	p->flags &= ~SWP_VALID;		/* mark swap device as invalid */
-	spin_unlock(&p->lock);
-	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 	/*
-	 * wait for swap operations protected by get/put_swap_device()
-	 * to complete
+	 * Wait for swap operations protected by get/put_swap_device()
+	 * to complete.
+	 *
+	 * We need synchronize_rcu() here to protect the accessing to
+	 * the swap cache data structure.
 	 */
+	percpu_ref_kill(&p->users);
 	synchronize_rcu();
+	wait_for_completion(&p->comp);
 
 	flush_work(&p->discard_work);
 
@@ -2857,6 +2865,12 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 	if (!p)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
+	if (percpu_ref_init(&p->users, swap_users_ref_free,
+			    PERCPU_REF_INIT_DEAD, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		kvfree(p);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
 	spin_lock(&swap_lock);
 	for (type = 0; type < nr_swapfiles; type++) {
 		if (!(swap_info[type]->flags & SWP_USED))
@@ -2864,6 +2878,7 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 	}
 	if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES) {
 		spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+		percpu_ref_exit(&p->users);
 		kvfree(p);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}
@@ -2891,9 +2906,13 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 		plist_node_init(&p->avail_lists[i], 0);
 	p->flags = SWP_USED;
 	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
-	kvfree(defer);
+	if (defer) {
+		percpu_ref_exit(&defer->users);
+		kvfree(defer);
+	}
 	spin_lock_init(&p->lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&p->cont_lock);
+	init_completion(&p->comp);
 
 	return p;
 }
