diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 13100fb3c26d..7c05357360a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ pre-created. Default: 1.
 	#select lzo compression algorithm
 	echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
 
+	For the time being, the `comp_algorithm' content does not necessarily
+	show every compression algorithm supported by the kernel. We keep this
+	list primarily to simplify device configuration and one can configure
+	a new device with a compression algorithm that is not listed in
+	`comp_algorithm'. The thing is that, internally, ZRAM uses Crypto API
+	and, if some of the algorithms were built as modules, it's impossible
+	to list all of them using, for instance, /proc/crypto or any other
+	method. This, however, has an advantage of permitting the usage of
+	custom crypto compression modules (implementing S/W or H/W
+	compression).
+
 4) Set Disksize
         Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'.
         The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
index f35726860a1b..a2b4eb85b41d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
@@ -26,17 +26,6 @@ static const char * const backends[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
-static const char *find_backend(const char *compress)
-{
-	int i = 0;
-	while (backends[i]) {
-		if (sysfs_streq(compress, backends[i]))
-			break;
-		i++;
-	}
-	return backends[i];
-}
-
 static void zcomp_strm_free(struct zcomp_strm *zstrm)
 {
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(zstrm->tfm))
@@ -68,28 +57,54 @@ static struct zcomp_strm *zcomp_strm_alloc(struct zcomp *comp, gfp_t flags)
 	return zstrm;
 }
 
-/* show available compressors */
-ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf)
+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
 {
-	ssize_t sz = 0;
 	int i = 0;
 
 	while (backends[i]) {
-		if (!strcmp(comp, backends[i]))
-			sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
-					"[%s] ", backends[i]);
-		else
-			sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
-					"%s ", backends[i]);
+		if (sysfs_streq(comp, backends[i]))
+			return true;
 		i++;
 	}
-	sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "\n");
-	return sz;
+
+	/*
+	 * Crypto does not ignore a trailing new line symbol,
+	 * so make sure you don't supply a string containing
+	 * one.
+	 * This also means that we permit zcomp initialisation
+	 * with any compressing algorithm known to crypto api.
+	 */
+	return crypto_has_comp(comp, 0, 0) == 1;
 }
 
-bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
+/* show available compressors */
+ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf)
 {
-	return find_backend(comp) != NULL;
+	bool known_algorithm = false;
+	ssize_t sz = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for (; backends[i]; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(comp, backends[i])) {
+			known_algorithm = true;
+			sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
+					"[%s] ", backends[i]);
+		} else {
+			sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
+					"%s ", backends[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Out-of-tree module known to crypto api or a missing
+	 * entry in `backends'.
+	 */
+	if (!known_algorithm && crypto_has_comp(comp, 0, 0) == 1)
+		sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
+				"[%s] ", comp);
+
+	sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "\n");
+	return sz;
 }
 
 struct zcomp_strm *zcomp_stream_get(struct zcomp *comp)
@@ -227,18 +242,16 @@ void zcomp_destroy(struct zcomp *comp)
 struct zcomp *zcomp_create(const char *compress)
 {
 	struct zcomp *comp;
-	const char *backend;
 	int error;
 
-	backend = find_backend(compress);
-	if (!backend)
+	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(compress))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	comp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct zcomp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!comp)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	comp->name = backend;
+	comp->name = compress;
 	error = zcomp_init(comp);
 	if (error) {
 		kfree(comp);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 65d140336289..c2a1d7dbaec9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -342,9 +342,16 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
+	char compressor[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
 	size_t sz;
 
-	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(buf))
+	strlcpy(compressor, buf, sizeof(compressor));
+	/* ignore trailing newline */
+	sz = strlen(compressor);
+	if (sz > 0 && compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
+		compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;
+
+	if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(compressor))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	down_write(&zram->init_lock);
@@ -353,13 +360,8 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
 		pr_info("Can't change algorithm for initialized device\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-	strlcpy(zram->compressor, buf, sizeof(zram->compressor));
-
-	/* ignore trailing newline */
-	sz = strlen(zram->compressor);
-	if (sz > 0 && zram->compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
-		zram->compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;
 
+	strlcpy(zram->compressor, compressor, sizeof(compressor));
 	up_write(&zram->init_lock);
 	return len;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index 3f5bf66a27e4..74fcf10da374 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 #ifndef _ZRAM_DRV_H_
 #define _ZRAM_DRV_H_
 
-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/zsmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
 
 #include "zcomp.h"
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ struct zram {
 	 * we can store in a disk.
 	 */
 	u64 disksize;	/* bytes */
-	char compressor[10];
+	char compressor[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
 	/*
 	 * zram is claimed so open request will be failed
 	 */