diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 6c0db430507a..65ebe5a719f5 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ struct bpf_htab {
 		struct bpf_lru lru;
 	};
 	struct htab_elem *__percpu *extra_elems;
-	atomic_t count;	/* number of elements in this hashtable */
+	/* number of elements in non-preallocated hashtable are kept
+	 * in either pcount or count
+	 */
+	struct percpu_counter pcount;
+	atomic_t count;
+	bool use_percpu_counter;
 	u32 n_buckets;	/* number of hash buckets */
 	u32 elem_size;	/* size of each element in bytes */
 	u32 hashrnd;
@@ -556,6 +561,29 @@ static struct bpf_map *htab_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
 
 	htab_init_buckets(htab);
 
+/* compute_batch_value() computes batch value as num_online_cpus() * 2
+ * and __percpu_counter_compare() needs
+ * htab->max_entries - cur_number_of_elems to be more than batch * num_online_cpus()
+ * for percpu_counter to be faster than atomic_t. In practice the average bpf
+ * hash map size is 10k, which means that a system with 64 cpus will fill
+ * hashmap to 20% of 10k before percpu_counter becomes ineffective. Therefore
+ * define our own batch count as 32 then 10k hash map can be filled up to 80%:
+ * 10k - 8k > 32 _batch_ * 64 _cpus_
+ * and __percpu_counter_compare() will still be fast. At that point hash map
+ * collisions will dominate its performance anyway. Assume that hash map filled
+ * to 50+% isn't going to be O(1) and use the following formula to choose
+ * between percpu_counter and atomic_t.
+ */
+#define PERCPU_COUNTER_BATCH 32
+	if (attr->max_entries / 2 > num_online_cpus() * PERCPU_COUNTER_BATCH)
+		htab->use_percpu_counter = true;
+
+	if (htab->use_percpu_counter) {
+		err = percpu_counter_init(&htab->pcount, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (err)
+			goto free_map_locked;
+	}
+
 	if (prealloc) {
 		err = prealloc_init(htab);
 		if (err)
@@ -882,6 +910,31 @@ static void htab_put_fd_value(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool is_map_full(struct bpf_htab *htab)
+{
+	if (htab->use_percpu_counter)
+		return __percpu_counter_compare(&htab->pcount, htab->map.max_entries,
+						PERCPU_COUNTER_BATCH) >= 0;
+	return atomic_read(&htab->count) >= htab->map.max_entries;
+}
+
+static void inc_elem_count(struct bpf_htab *htab)
+{
+	if (htab->use_percpu_counter)
+		percpu_counter_add_batch(&htab->pcount, 1, PERCPU_COUNTER_BATCH);
+	else
+		atomic_inc(&htab->count);
+}
+
+static void dec_elem_count(struct bpf_htab *htab)
+{
+	if (htab->use_percpu_counter)
+		percpu_counter_add_batch(&htab->pcount, -1, PERCPU_COUNTER_BATCH);
+	else
+		atomic_dec(&htab->count);
+}
+
+
 static void free_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
 {
 	htab_put_fd_value(htab, l);
@@ -890,7 +943,7 @@ static void free_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, struct htab_elem *l)
 		check_and_free_fields(htab, l);
 		__pcpu_freelist_push(&htab->freelist, &l->fnode);
 	} else {
-		atomic_dec(&htab->count);
+		dec_elem_count(htab);
 		l->htab = htab;
 		call_rcu(&l->rcu, htab_elem_free_rcu);
 	}
@@ -974,16 +1027,15 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
 			l_new = container_of(l, struct htab_elem, fnode);
 		}
 	} else {
-		if (atomic_inc_return(&htab->count) > htab->map.max_entries)
-			if (!old_elem) {
+		if (is_map_full(htab))
+			if (!old_elem)
 				/* when map is full and update() is replacing
 				 * old element, it's ok to allocate, since
 				 * old element will be freed immediately.
 				 * Otherwise return an error
 				 */
-				l_new = ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
-				goto dec_count;
-			}
+				return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+		inc_elem_count(htab);
 		l_new = bpf_mem_cache_alloc(&htab->ma);
 		if (!l_new) {
 			l_new = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -1025,7 +1077,7 @@ static struct htab_elem *alloc_htab_elem(struct bpf_htab *htab, void *key,
 	l_new->hash = hash;
 	return l_new;
 dec_count:
-	atomic_dec(&htab->count);
+	dec_elem_count(htab);
 	return l_new;
 }
 
@@ -1499,6 +1551,8 @@ static void htab_map_free(struct bpf_map *map)
 	free_percpu(htab->extra_elems);
 	bpf_map_area_free(htab->buckets);
 	bpf_mem_alloc_destroy(&htab->ma);
+	if (htab->use_percpu_counter)
+		percpu_counter_destroy(&htab->pcount);
 	for (i = 0; i < HASHTAB_MAP_LOCK_COUNT; i++)
 		free_percpu(htab->map_locked[i]);
 	lockdep_unregister_key(&htab->lockdep_key);
