diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 2f365d1..3a442f1 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -272,14 +272,10 @@
 		memcg_reclaim_stat->recent_rotated[file]++;
 }
 
-/*
- * FIXME: speed this up?
- */
-void activate_page(struct page *page)
+static void __activate_page(struct page *page, void *arg)
 {
 	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
 		int file = page_is_file_cache(page);
 		int lru = page_lru_base_type(page);
@@ -292,8 +288,45 @@
 
 		update_page_reclaim_stat(zone, page, file, 1);
 	}
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pagevec, activate_page_pvecs);
+
+static void activate_page_drain(int cpu)
+{
+	struct pagevec *pvec = &per_cpu(activate_page_pvecs, cpu);
+
+	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
+		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __activate_page, NULL);
+}
+
+void activate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	if (PageLRU(page) && !PageActive(page) && !PageUnevictable(page)) {
+		struct pagevec *pvec = &get_cpu_var(activate_page_pvecs);
+
+		page_cache_get(page);
+		if (!pagevec_add(pvec, page))
+			pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, __activate_page, NULL);
+		put_cpu_var(activate_page_pvecs);
+	}
+}
+
+#else
+static inline void activate_page_drain(int cpu)
+{
+}
+
+void activate_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
+	__activate_page(page, NULL);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&zone->lru_lock);
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Mark a page as having seen activity.
@@ -464,6 +497,8 @@
 	pvec = &per_cpu(lru_deactivate_pvecs, cpu);
 	if (pagevec_count(pvec))
 		pagevec_lru_move_fn(pvec, lru_deactivate_fn, NULL);
+
+	activate_page_drain(cpu);
 }
 
 /**