diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-core.h b/drivers/md/dm-core.h
index c4ef1fceead6..3fea121fcbcf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-core.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-core.h
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ struct mapped_device {
 
 	struct block_device *bdev;
 
+	int swap_bios;
+	struct semaphore swap_bios_semaphore;
+	struct mutex swap_bios_lock;
+
 	struct dm_stats stats;
 
 	/* for blk-mq request-based DM support */
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 1af82fbbac0c..d85648b9c247 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -2737,6 +2737,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	wake_up_process(cc->write_thread);
 
 	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
+	ti->limit_swap_bios = true;
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index c6ce42daff27..de32f8553735 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_bio_get_target_bio_nr);
 #define DM_NUMA_NODE NUMA_NO_NODE
 static int dm_numa_node = DM_NUMA_NODE;
 
+#define DEFAULT_SWAP_BIOS	(8 * 1048576 / PAGE_SIZE)
+static int swap_bios = DEFAULT_SWAP_BIOS;
+static int get_swap_bios(void)
+{
+	int latch = READ_ONCE(swap_bios);
+	if (unlikely(latch <= 0))
+		latch = DEFAULT_SWAP_BIOS;
+	return latch;
+}
+
 /*
  * For mempools pre-allocation at the table loading time.
  */
@@ -972,6 +982,11 @@ void disable_write_zeroes(struct mapped_device *md)
 	limits->max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
 }
 
+static bool swap_bios_limit(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	return unlikely((bio->bi_opf & REQ_SWAP) != 0) && unlikely(ti->limit_swap_bios);
+}
+
 static void clone_endio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	blk_status_t error = bio->bi_status;
@@ -1009,6 +1024,11 @@ static void clone_endio(struct bio *bio)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (unlikely(swap_bios_limit(tio->ti, bio))) {
+		struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+		up(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+	}
+
 	free_tio(tio);
 	dec_pending(io, error);
 }
@@ -1263,6 +1283,22 @@ void dm_remap_zone_report(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t start,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_remap_zone_report);
 
+static noinline void __set_swap_bios_limit(struct mapped_device *md, int latch)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&md->swap_bios_lock);
+	while (latch < md->swap_bios) {
+		cond_resched();
+		down(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+		md->swap_bios--;
+	}
+	while (latch > md->swap_bios) {
+		cond_resched();
+		up(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+		md->swap_bios++;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&md->swap_bios_lock);
+}
+
 static blk_qc_t __map_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio)
 {
 	int r;
@@ -1283,6 +1319,14 @@ static blk_qc_t __map_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio)
 	atomic_inc(&io->io_count);
 	sector = clone->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 
+	if (unlikely(swap_bios_limit(ti, clone))) {
+		struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+		int latch = get_swap_bios();
+		if (unlikely(latch != md->swap_bios))
+			__set_swap_bios_limit(md, latch);
+		down(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+	}
+
 	r = ti->type->map(ti, clone);
 	switch (r) {
 	case DM_MAPIO_SUBMITTED:
@@ -1297,10 +1341,18 @@ static blk_qc_t __map_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio)
 			ret = generic_make_request(clone);
 		break;
 	case DM_MAPIO_KILL:
+		if (unlikely(swap_bios_limit(ti, clone))) {
+			struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+			up(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+		}
 		free_tio(tio);
 		dec_pending(io, BLK_STS_IOERR);
 		break;
 	case DM_MAPIO_REQUEUE:
+		if (unlikely(swap_bios_limit(ti, clone))) {
+			struct mapped_device *md = io->md;
+			up(&md->swap_bios_semaphore);
+		}
 		free_tio(tio);
 		dec_pending(io, BLK_STS_DM_REQUEUE);
 		break;
@@ -1894,6 +1946,7 @@ static void cleanup_mapped_device(struct mapped_device *md)
 	mutex_destroy(&md->suspend_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&md->type_lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&md->table_devices_lock);
+	mutex_destroy(&md->swap_bios_lock);
 
 	dm_mq_cleanup_mapped_device(md);
 }
@@ -1963,6 +2016,10 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&md->eventq);
 	init_completion(&md->kobj_holder.completion);
 
+	md->swap_bios = get_swap_bios();
+	sema_init(&md->swap_bios_semaphore, md->swap_bios);
+	mutex_init(&md->swap_bios_lock);
+
 	md->disk->major = _major;
 	md->disk->first_minor = minor;
 	md->disk->fops = &dm_blk_dops;
@@ -3245,6 +3302,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(reserved_bio_based_ios, "Reserved IOs in bio-based mempools");
 module_param(dm_numa_node, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dm_numa_node, "NUMA node for DM device memory allocations");
 
+module_param(swap_bios, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(swap_bios, "Maximum allowed inflight swap IOs");
+
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DM_NAME " driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Joe Thornber <dm-devel@redhat.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index e4e1f5c1f492..a53d7d2c2d95 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ struct dm_target {
 	 * whether or not its underlying devices have support.
 	 */
 	bool discards_supported:1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set if we need to limit the number of in-flight bios when swapping.
+	 */
+	bool limit_swap_bios:1;
 };
 
 /* Each target can link one of these into the table */