diff --git a/kernel/power/power.h b/kernel/power/power.h
index c81f0ed3eeba..98c41423f3b1 100644
--- a/kernel/power/power.h
+++ b/kernel/power/power.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct snapshot_handle {
 	unsigned int	page;
 	unsigned int	page_offset;
 	unsigned int	prev;
-	struct pbe	*pbe;
+	struct pbe	*pbe, *last_pbe;
 	void		*buffer;
 	unsigned int	buf_offset;
 };
diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index 513eef3391a0..3d9284100b22 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -401,62 +401,29 @@ static inline void create_pbe_list(struct pbe *pblist, unsigned int nr_pages)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- *	On resume it is necessary to trace and eventually free the unsafe
- *	pages that have been allocated, because they are needed for I/O
- *	(on x86-64 we likely will "eat" these pages once again while
- *	creating the temporary page translation tables)
- */
-
-struct eaten_page {
-	struct eaten_page *next;
-	char padding[PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *)];
-};
-
-static struct eaten_page *eaten_pages = NULL;
-
-static void release_eaten_pages(void)
-{
-	struct eaten_page *p, *q;
-
-	p = eaten_pages;
-	while (p) {
-		q = p->next;
-		/* We don't want swsusp_free() to free this page again */
-		ClearPageNosave(virt_to_page(p));
-		free_page((unsigned long)p);
-		p = q;
-	}
-	eaten_pages = NULL;
-}
+static unsigned int unsafe_pages;
 
 /**
  *	@safe_needed - on resume, for storing the PBE list and the image,
  *	we can only use memory pages that do not conflict with the pages
- *	which had been used before suspend.
+ *	used before suspend.
  *
  *	The unsafe pages are marked with the PG_nosave_free flag
- *
- *	Allocated but unusable (ie eaten) memory pages should be marked
- *	so that swsusp_free() can release them
+ *	and we count them using unsafe_pages
  */
 
 static inline void *alloc_image_page(gfp_t gfp_mask, int safe_needed)
 {
 	void *res;
 
+	res = (void *)get_zeroed_page(gfp_mask);
 	if (safe_needed)
-		do {
+		while (res && PageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(res))) {
+			/* The page is unsafe, mark it for swsusp_free() */
+			SetPageNosave(virt_to_page(res));
+			unsafe_pages++;
 			res = (void *)get_zeroed_page(gfp_mask);
-			if (res && PageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(res))) {
-				/* This is for swsusp_free() */
-				SetPageNosave(virt_to_page(res));
-				((struct eaten_page *)res)->next = eaten_pages;
-				eaten_pages = res;
-			}
-		} while (res && PageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(res)));
-	else
-		res = (void *)get_zeroed_page(gfp_mask);
+		}
 	if (res) {
 		SetPageNosave(virt_to_page(res));
 		SetPageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(res));
@@ -751,6 +718,8 @@ static int mark_unsafe_pages(struct pbe *pblist)
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	unsafe_pages = 0;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -828,42 +797,99 @@ static inline struct pbe *unpack_orig_addresses(unsigned long *buf,
 }
 
 /**
- *	create_image - use metadata contained in the PBE list
+ *	prepare_image - use metadata contained in the PBE list
  *	pointed to by pagedir_nosave to mark the pages that will
  *	be overwritten in the process of restoring the system
- *	memory state from the image and allocate memory for
- *	the image avoiding these pages
+ *	memory state from the image ("unsafe" pages) and allocate
+ *	memory for the image
+ *
+ *	The idea is to allocate the PBE list first and then
+ *	allocate as many pages as it's needed for the image data,
+ *	but not to assign these pages to the PBEs initially.
+ *	Instead, we just mark them as allocated and create a list
+ *	of "safe" which will be used later
  */
 
-static int create_image(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
+struct safe_page {
+	struct safe_page *next;
+	char padding[PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *)];
+};
+
+static struct safe_page *safe_pages;
+
+static int prepare_image(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
 {
 	int error = 0;
-	struct pbe *p, *pblist;
+	unsigned int nr_pages = nr_copy_pages;
+	struct pbe *p, *pblist = NULL;
 
 	p = pagedir_nosave;
 	error = mark_unsafe_pages(p);
 	if (!error) {
-		pblist = alloc_pagedir(nr_copy_pages, GFP_ATOMIC, 1);
+		pblist = alloc_pagedir(nr_pages, GFP_ATOMIC, 1);
 		if (pblist)
 			copy_page_backup_list(pblist, p);
 		free_pagedir(p, 0);
 		if (!pblist)
 			error = -ENOMEM;
 	}
-	if (!error)
-		error = alloc_data_pages(pblist, GFP_ATOMIC, 1);
+	safe_pages = NULL;
+	if (!error && nr_pages > unsafe_pages) {
+		nr_pages -= unsafe_pages;
+		while (nr_pages--) {
+			struct safe_page *ptr;
+
+			ptr = (struct safe_page *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
+			if (!ptr) {
+				error = -ENOMEM;
+				break;
+			}
+			if (!PageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(ptr))) {
+				/* The page is "safe", add it to the list */
+				ptr->next = safe_pages;
+				safe_pages = ptr;
+			}
+			/* Mark the page as allocated */
+			SetPageNosave(virt_to_page(ptr));
+			SetPageNosaveFree(virt_to_page(ptr));
+		}
+	}
 	if (!error) {
-		release_eaten_pages();
 		pagedir_nosave = pblist;
 	} else {
-		pagedir_nosave = NULL;
 		handle->pbe = NULL;
-		nr_copy_pages = 0;
-		nr_meta_pages = 0;
+		swsusp_free();
 	}
 	return error;
 }
 
+static void *get_buffer(struct snapshot_handle *handle)
+{
+	struct pbe *pbe = handle->pbe, *last = handle->last_pbe;
+	struct page *page = virt_to_page(pbe->orig_address);
+
+	if (PageNosave(page) && PageNosaveFree(page)) {
+		/*
+		 * We have allocated the "original" page frame and we can
+		 * use it directly to store the read page
+		 */
+		pbe->address = 0;
+		if (last && last->next)
+			last->next = NULL;
+		return (void *)pbe->orig_address;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * The "original" page frame has not been allocated and we have to
+	 * use a "safe" page frame to store the read page
+	 */
+	pbe->address = (unsigned long)safe_pages;
+	safe_pages = safe_pages->next;
+	if (last)
+		last->next = pbe;
+	handle->last_pbe = pbe;
+	return (void *)pbe->address;
+}
+
 /**
  *	snapshot_write_next - used for writing the system memory snapshot.
  *
@@ -908,15 +934,16 @@ int snapshot_write_next(struct snapshot_handle *handle, size_t count)
 		} else if (handle->prev <= nr_meta_pages) {
 			handle->pbe = unpack_orig_addresses(buffer, handle->pbe);
 			if (!handle->pbe) {
-				error = create_image(handle);
+				error = prepare_image(handle);
 				if (error)
 					return error;
 				handle->pbe = pagedir_nosave;
-				handle->buffer = (void *)handle->pbe->address;
+				handle->last_pbe = NULL;
+				handle->buffer = get_buffer(handle);
 			}
 		} else {
 			handle->pbe = handle->pbe->next;
-			handle->buffer = (void *)handle->pbe->address;
+			handle->buffer = get_buffer(handle);
 		}
 		handle->prev = handle->page;
 	}