diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index a52663c0612d..5e46836714dc 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2994,6 +2994,28 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	vm_fault_t ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Preallocate pte before we take page_lock because this might lead to
+	 * deadlocks for memcg reclaim which waits for pages under writeback:
+	 *				lock_page(A)
+	 *				SetPageWriteback(A)
+	 *				unlock_page(A)
+	 * lock_page(B)
+	 *				lock_page(B)
+	 * pte_alloc_pne
+	 *   shrink_page_list
+	 *     wait_on_page_writeback(A)
+	 *				SetPageWriteback(B)
+	 *				unlock_page(B)
+	 *				# flush A, B to clear the writeback
+	 */
+	if (pmd_none(*vmf->pmd) && !vmf->prealloc_pte) {
+		vmf->prealloc_pte = pte_alloc_one(vmf->vma->vm_mm);
+		if (!vmf->prealloc_pte)
+			return VM_FAULT_OOM;
+		smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc() */
+	}
+
 	ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
 	if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
 			    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))