diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index 06eeb2e2583355..0acee348562a55 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ extern enum compact_result try_to_compact_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		struct capture_control *capc);
 extern void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat);
 extern enum compact_result compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
-		unsigned int alloc_flags, int highest_zoneidx);
+					       int highest_zoneidx);
 
 extern void compaction_defer_reset(struct zone *zone, int order,
 				bool alloc_success);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static inline void reset_isolation_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 }
 
 static inline enum compact_result compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
-					int alloc_flags, int highest_zoneidx)
+						      int highest_zoneidx)
 {
 	return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
 }
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index ef61ccde3f32e6..5eb1b863d988e3 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -2173,24 +2173,10 @@ static enum compact_result compact_finished(struct compact_control *cc)
 }
 
 static enum compact_result __compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
-					unsigned int alloc_flags,
 					int highest_zoneidx,
 					unsigned long wmark_target)
 {
 	unsigned long watermark;
-
-	if (is_via_compact_memory(order))
-		return COMPACT_CONTINUE;
-
-	watermark = wmark_pages(zone, alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK);
-	/*
-	 * If watermarks for high-order allocation are already met, there
-	 * should be no need for compaction at all.
-	 */
-	if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, highest_zoneidx,
-								alloc_flags))
-		return COMPACT_SUCCESS;
-
 	/*
 	 * Watermarks for order-0 must be met for compaction to be able to
 	 * isolate free pages for migration targets. This means that the
@@ -2223,7 +2209,6 @@ static enum compact_result __compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
  *   COMPACT_CONTINUE - If compaction should run now
  */
 enum compact_result compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
-					unsigned int alloc_flags,
 					int highest_zoneidx)
 {
 	unsigned long free_pages;
@@ -2278,6 +2263,16 @@ bool compaction_zonelist_suitable(struct alloc_context *ac, int order,
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, ac->zonelist,
 				ac->highest_zoneidx, ac->nodemask) {
 		unsigned long available;
+		unsigned long watermark;
+
+		if (is_via_compact_memory(order))
+			return true;
+
+		/* Allocation can already succeed, nothing to do */
+		watermark = wmark_pages(zone, alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK);
+		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark,
+				      ac->highest_zoneidx, alloc_flags))
+			continue;
 
 		available = zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_MOVABLE);
 		available += zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_FREE_CMA_PAGES);
@@ -2320,14 +2315,26 @@ compact_zone(struct compact_control *cc, struct capture_control *capc)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cc->migratepages);
 
 	cc->migratetype = gfp_migratetype(cc->gfp_mask);
-	ret = compaction_suitable(cc->zone, cc->order, cc->alloc_flags,
-							cc->highest_zoneidx);
-	/* Compaction is likely to fail */
-	if (ret == COMPACT_SUCCESS || ret == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
-		return ret;
 
-	/* huh, compaction_suitable is returning something unexpected */
-	VM_BUG_ON(ret != COMPACT_CONTINUE);
+	if (!is_via_compact_memory(cc->order)) {
+		unsigned long watermark;
+
+		/* Allocation can already succeed, nothing to do */
+		watermark = wmark_pages(cc->zone,
+					cc->alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK);
+		if (zone_watermark_ok(cc->zone, cc->order, watermark,
+				      cc->highest_zoneidx, cc->alloc_flags))
+			return COMPACT_SUCCESS;
+
+		ret = compaction_suitable(cc->zone, cc->order,
+					  cc->highest_zoneidx);
+		/* Compaction is likely to fail */
+		if (ret == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* huh, compaction_suitable is returning something unexpected */
+		VM_BUG_ON(ret != COMPACT_CONTINUE);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear pageblock skip if there were failures recently and compaction
@@ -2805,7 +2812,16 @@ static bool kcompactd_node_suitable(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		if (!populated_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
-		if (compaction_suitable(zone, pgdat->kcompactd_max_order, 0,
+		if (is_via_compact_memory(pgdat->kcompactd_max_order))
+			return true;
+
+		/* Allocation can already succeed, check other zones */
+		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, pgdat->kcompactd_max_order,
+				      min_wmark_pages(zone),
+				      highest_zoneidx, 0))
+			continue;
+
+		if (compaction_suitable(zone, pgdat->kcompactd_max_order,
 					highest_zoneidx) == COMPACT_CONTINUE)
 			return true;
 	}
@@ -2843,10 +2859,18 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		if (compaction_deferred(zone, cc.order))
 			continue;
 
-		if (compaction_suitable(zone, cc.order, 0, zoneid) !=
-							COMPACT_CONTINUE)
+		if (is_via_compact_memory(cc.order))
+			goto compact;
+
+		/* Allocation can already succeed, nothing to do */
+		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, cc.order,
+				      min_wmark_pages(zone), zoneid, 0))
 			continue;
 
+		if (compaction_suitable(zone, cc.order,
+					zoneid) != COMPACT_CONTINUE)
+			continue;
+compact:
 		if (kthread_should_stop())
 			return;
 
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9ecf29f4dab80e..a0ebdbf3efcf6a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -6076,14 +6076,17 @@ static inline bool should_continue_reclaim(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 		if (!managed_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
-		switch (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, 0, sc->reclaim_idx)) {
-		case COMPACT_SUCCESS:
-		case COMPACT_CONTINUE:
+		if (sc->order == -1) /* is_via_compact_memory() */
+			return false;
+
+		/* Allocation can already succeed, nothing to do */
+		if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, sc->order, min_wmark_pages(zone),
+				      sc->reclaim_idx, 0))
+			return false;
+
+		if (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order,
+					sc->reclaim_idx) == COMPACT_CONTINUE)
 			return false;
-		default:
-			/* check next zone */
-			;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -6271,16 +6274,20 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
 	unsigned long watermark;
 	unsigned long free_pages;
-	enum compact_result suitable;
 
-	suitable = compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order, 0, sc->reclaim_idx);
-	if (suitable == COMPACT_SUCCESS)
-		/* Allocation should succeed already. Don't reclaim. */
+	if (sc->order == -1) /* is_via_compact_memory() */
+		goto suitable;
+
+	/* Allocation can already succeed, nothing to do */
+	if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, sc->order, min_wmark_pages(zone),
+			      sc->reclaim_idx, 0))
 		return true;
-	if (suitable == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
-		/* Compaction cannot yet proceed. Do reclaim. */
-		return false;
 
+	/* Compaction cannot yet proceed. Do reclaim. */
+	if (compaction_suitable(zone, sc->order,
+				sc->reclaim_idx) == COMPACT_SKIPPED)
+		return false;
+suitable:
 	/*
 	 * Compaction is already possible, but it takes time to run and there
 	 * are potentially other callers using the pages just freed. So proceed