diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index aebc710f0d6a..07111455eecf 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
 #include <linux/part_stat.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_read_file.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
 #include "zram_drv.h"
 
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ struct zram_wb_ctl {
 	wait_queue_head_t done_wait;
 	spinlock_t done_lock;
 	atomic_t num_inflight;
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
 struct zram_wb_req {
@@ -847,7 +849,7 @@ static void release_wb_ctl(struct zram_wb_ctl *wb_ctl)
 		release_wb_req(req);
 	}
 
-	kfree(wb_ctl);
+	kfree_rcu(wb_ctl, rcu);
 }
 
 static struct zram_wb_ctl *init_wb_ctl(struct zram *zram)
@@ -964,11 +966,13 @@ static void zram_writeback_endio(struct bio *bio)
 	struct zram_wb_ctl *wb_ctl = bio->bi_private;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&wb_ctl->done_lock, flags);
 	list_add(&req->entry, &wb_ctl->done_reqs);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wb_ctl->done_lock, flags);
 
 	wake_up(&wb_ctl->done_wait);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void zram_submit_wb_request(struct zram *zram,