diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 39d7df40c0678c88cf2e73fe8564e067fbdcce8f..45b6d53bcfbc5bec3b5ba81c20d1abb7473933e6 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/khugepaged.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -2085,6 +2086,9 @@ static void khugepaged_do_scan(struct page **hpage)
 			break;
 #endif
 
+		if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop() || freezing(current)))
+			break;
+
 		spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
 		if (!khugepaged_scan.mm_slot)
 			pass_through_head++;
@@ -2147,6 +2151,9 @@ static void khugepaged_loop(void)
 		if (hpage)
 			put_page(hpage);
 #endif
+		try_to_freeze();
+		if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop()))
+			break;
 		if (khugepaged_has_work()) {
 			DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 			if (!khugepaged_scan_sleep_millisecs)
@@ -2157,8 +2164,8 @@ static void khugepaged_loop(void)
 					khugepaged_scan_sleep_millisecs));
 			remove_wait_queue(&khugepaged_wait, &wait);
 		} else if (khugepaged_enabled())
-			wait_event_interruptible(khugepaged_wait,
-						 khugepaged_wait_event());
+			wait_event_freezable(khugepaged_wait,
+					     khugepaged_wait_event());
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2166,6 +2173,7 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none)
 {
 	struct mm_slot *mm_slot;
 
+	set_freezable();
 	set_user_nice(current, 19);
 
 	/* serialize with start_khugepaged() */
@@ -2180,6 +2188,8 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none)
 		mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
 		if (!khugepaged_enabled())
 			break;
+		if (unlikely(kthread_should_stop()))
+			break;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock);
diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 5e7d5d35ea820e2e4abcf4ddb2a8efe6ad74e6c7..e2b0afd0a0316d945fbc3194cb8f1640037a8fd1 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/ksm.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -1365,7 +1366,7 @@ static void ksm_do_scan(unsigned int scan_npages)
 	struct rmap_item *rmap_item;
 	struct page *uninitialized_var(page);
 
-	while (scan_npages--) {
+	while (scan_npages-- && likely(!freezing(current))) {
 		cond_resched();
 		rmap_item = scan_get_next_rmap_item(&page);
 		if (!rmap_item)
@@ -1383,6 +1384,7 @@ static int ksmd_should_run(void)
 
 static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
 {
+	set_freezable();
 	set_user_nice(current, 5);
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
@@ -1391,11 +1393,13 @@ static int ksm_scan_thread(void *nothing)
 			ksm_do_scan(ksm_thread_pages_to_scan);
 		mutex_unlock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
 
+		try_to_freeze();
+
 		if (ksmd_should_run()) {
 			schedule_timeout_interruptible(
 				msecs_to_jiffies(ksm_thread_sleep_millisecs));
 		} else {
-			wait_event_interruptible(ksm_thread_wait,
+			wait_event_freezable(ksm_thread_wait,
 				ksmd_should_run() || kthread_should_stop());
 		}
 	}