diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 0823cadd02b6..a1c883c68ef6 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -893,11 +893,14 @@ static bool zswap_compress(struct page *page, struct zswap_entry *entry,
 	 * to the active LRU list in the case.
 	 */
 	if (comp_ret || !dlen || dlen >= PAGE_SIZE) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
 		if (!mem_cgroup_zswap_writeback_enabled(
 					folio_memcg(page_folio(page)))) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
 			comp_ret = comp_ret ? comp_ret : -EINVAL;
 			goto unlock;
 		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 		comp_ret = 0;
 		dlen = PAGE_SIZE;
 		dst = kmap_local_page(page);