diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 9f5020b077c5..37c5651305c2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -58,19 +58,62 @@ static void zram_free_page(struct zram *zram, size_t index);
 static int zram_read_from_zspool(struct zram *zram, struct page *page,
 				 u32 index);
 
-static int zram_slot_trylock(struct zram *zram, u32 index)
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+#define slot_dep_map(zram, index) (&(zram)->table[(index)].dep_map)
+#define zram_lock_class(zram) (&(zram)->lock_class)
+#else
+#define slot_dep_map(zram, index) NULL
+#define zram_lock_class(zram) NULL
+#endif
+
+static void zram_slot_lock_init(struct zram *zram, u32 index)
 {
-	return spin_trylock(&zram->table[index].lock);
+	lockdep_init_map(slot_dep_map(zram, index),
+			 "zram->table[index].lock",
+			 zram_lock_class(zram), 0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * entry locking rules:
+ *
+ * 1) Lock is exclusive
+ *
+ * 2) lock() function can sleep waiting for the lock
+ *
+ * 3) Lock owner can sleep
+ *
+ * 4) Use TRY lock variant when in atomic context
+ *    - must check return value and handle locking failers
+ */
+static __must_check bool zram_slot_trylock(struct zram *zram, u32 index)
+{
+	unsigned long *lock = &zram->table[index].flags;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit_lock(ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK, lock)) {
+		mutex_acquire(slot_dep_map(zram, index), 0, 1, _RET_IP_);
+		lock_acquired(slot_dep_map(zram, index), _RET_IP_);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	lock_contended(slot_dep_map(zram, index), _RET_IP_);
+	return false;
 }
 
 static void zram_slot_lock(struct zram *zram, u32 index)
 {
-	spin_lock(&zram->table[index].lock);
+	unsigned long *lock = &zram->table[index].flags;
+
+	mutex_acquire(slot_dep_map(zram, index), 0, 0, _RET_IP_);
+	wait_on_bit_lock(lock, ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+	lock_acquired(slot_dep_map(zram, index), _RET_IP_);
 }
 
 static void zram_slot_unlock(struct zram *zram, u32 index)
 {
-	spin_unlock(&zram->table[index].lock);
+	unsigned long *lock = &zram->table[index].flags;
+
+	mutex_release(slot_dep_map(zram, index), _RET_IP_);
+	clear_and_wake_up_bit(ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK, lock);
 }
 
 static inline bool init_done(struct zram *zram)
@@ -93,7 +136,6 @@ static void zram_set_handle(struct zram *zram, u32 index, unsigned long handle)
 	zram->table[index].handle = handle;
 }
 
-/* flag operations require table entry bit_spin_lock() being held */
 static bool zram_test_flag(struct zram *zram, u32 index,
 			enum zram_pageflags flag)
 {
@@ -1473,15 +1515,11 @@ static bool zram_meta_alloc(struct zram *zram, u64 disksize)
 		huge_class_size = zs_huge_class_size(zram->mem_pool);
 
 	for (index = 0; index < num_pages; index++)
-		spin_lock_init(&zram->table[index].lock);
+		zram_slot_lock_init(zram, index);
+
 	return true;
 }
 
-/*
- * To protect concurrent access to the same index entry,
- * caller should hold this table index entry's bit_spinlock to
- * indicate this index entry is accessing.
- */
 static void zram_free_page(struct zram *zram, size_t index)
 {
 	unsigned long handle;
@@ -2625,6 +2663,7 @@ static int zram_add(void)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_cleanup_disk;
 
+	lockdep_register_key(zram_lock_class(zram));
 	zram_debugfs_register(zram);
 	pr_info("Added device: %s\n", zram->disk->disk_name);
 	return device_id;
@@ -2653,6 +2692,7 @@ static int zram_remove(struct zram *zram)
 		zram->claim = true;
 	mutex_unlock(&zram->disk->open_mutex);
 
+	lockdep_unregister_key(zram_lock_class(zram));
 	zram_debugfs_unregister(zram);
 
 	if (claimed) {
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index db78d7c01b9a..794c9234e627 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #define ZRAM_SECTOR_PER_LOGICAL_BLOCK	\
 	(1 << (ZRAM_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT))
 
-
 /*
  * ZRAM is mainly used for memory efficiency so we want to keep memory
  * footprint small and thus squeeze size and zram pageflags into a flags
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@
 /* Flags for zram pages (table[page_no].flags) */
 enum zram_pageflags {
 	ZRAM_SAME = ZRAM_FLAG_SHIFT,	/* Page consists the same element */
+	ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK, /* entry access lock bit */
 	ZRAM_WB,	/* page is stored on backing_device */
 	ZRAM_PP_SLOT,	/* Selected for post-processing */
 	ZRAM_HUGE,	/* Incompressible page */
@@ -58,13 +58,18 @@ enum zram_pageflags {
 	__NR_ZRAM_PAGEFLAGS,
 };
 
-/*-- Data structures */
-
-/* Allocated for each disk page */
+/*
+ * Allocated for each disk page.  We use bit-lock (ZRAM_ENTRY_LOCK bit
+ * of flags) to save memory.  There can be plenty of entries and standard
+ * locking primitives (e.g. mutex) will significantly increase sizeof()
+ * of each entry and hence of the meta table.
+ */
 struct zram_table_entry {
 	unsigned long handle;
-	unsigned int flags;
-	spinlock_t lock;
+	unsigned long flags;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	struct lockdep_map dep_map;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_TRACK_ENTRY_ACTIME
 	ktime_t ac_time;
 #endif
@@ -137,5 +142,8 @@ struct zram {
 	struct dentry *debugfs_dir;
 #endif
 	atomic_t pp_in_progress;
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	struct lock_class_key lock_class;
+#endif
 };
 #endif
