diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index 5ec8382c..29e824fa 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -1268,6 +1268,18 @@ static struct rmap_item *scan_get_next_rmap_item(struct page **page)
 
 	slot = ksm_scan.mm_slot;
 	if (slot == &ksm_mm_head) {
+                /*
+                 * A number of pages can hang around indefinitely on per-cpu
+                 * pagevecs, raised page count preventing write_protect_page
+                 * from merging them.  Though it doesn't really matter much,
+                 * it is puzzling to see some stuck in pages_volatile until
+                 * other activity jostles them out, and they also prevented
+                 * LTP's KSM test from succeeding deterministically; so drain
+                 * them here (here rather than on entry to ksm_do_scan(),
+                 * so we don't IPI too often when pages_to_scan is set low).
+                 */
+                 lru_add_drain_all();
+
 		root_unstable_tree = RB_ROOT;
 
 		spin_lock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);