diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 07f5a3bc6..d0561cfe0 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ linux (3.4.3-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * [rt] Update to 3.4.2-rt10 (no functional change)
   * [x32] Build a linux-libc-dev package
   * input: Enable MOUSE_SYNAPTICS_USB (Closes: #678071)
+  * [x86] staging: zsmalloc: Finish conversion to a separate module
+    (Closes: #677273)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Thu, 07 Jun 2012 04:45:03 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/zsmalloc-Finish-conversion-to-a-separate-module.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/zsmalloc-Finish-conversion-to-a-separate-module.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..266d82e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/x86/zsmalloc-Finish-conversion-to-a-separate-module.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:19:23 +0100
+Subject: staging: zsmalloc: Finish conversion to a separate module
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/677273
+
+ZSMALLOC is tristate, but the code has no MODULE_LICENSE and since it
+depends on GPL-only symbols it cannot be loaded as a module.  This in
+turn breaks zram which now depends on it.  I assume it's meant to be
+Dual BSD/GPL like the other z-stuff.
+
+There is also no module_exit, which makes it impossible to unload.
+Add the appropriate module_init and module_exit declarations suggested
+by comments.
+
+Reported-by: Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net>
+References: http://bugs.debian.org/677273
+Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.4
+Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+---
+ drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c |   33 +++++++-----------------------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+index 4496737..8ded9a0 100644
+--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
++++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+@@ -425,12 +425,6 @@ static struct page *find_get_zspage(struct size_class *class)
+ }
+ 
+ 
+-/*
+- * If this becomes a separate module, register zs_init() with
+- * module_init(), zs_exit with module_exit(), and remove zs_initialized
+-*/
+-static int zs_initialized;
+-
+ static int zs_cpu_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action,
+ 				void *pcpu)
+ {
+@@ -489,7 +483,7 @@ fail:
+ 
+ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags)
+ {
+-	int i, error, ovhd_size;
++	int i, ovhd_size;
+ 	struct zs_pool *pool;
+ 
+ 	if (!name)
+@@ -516,28 +510,9 @@ struct zs_pool *zs_create_pool(const char *name, gfp_t flags)
+ 
+ 	}
+ 
+-	/*
+-	 * If this becomes a separate module, register zs_init with
+-	 * module_init, and remove this block
+-	*/
+-	if (!zs_initialized) {
+-		error = zs_init();
+-		if (error)
+-			goto cleanup;
+-		zs_initialized = 1;
+-	}
+-
+ 	pool->flags = flags;
+ 	pool->name = name;
+ 
+-	error = 0; /* Success */
+-
+-cleanup:
+-	if (error) {
+-		zs_destroy_pool(pool);
+-		pool = NULL;
+-	}
+-
+ 	return pool;
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_create_pool);
+@@ -753,3 +728,9 @@ u64 zs_get_total_size_bytes(struct zs_pool *pool)
+ 	return npages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ }
+ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zs_get_total_size_bytes);
++
++module_init(zs_init);
++module_exit(zs_exit);
++
++MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
++MODULE_AUTHOR("Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>");
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 89e7ec70c..37cdae08a 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ bugfix/all/macvtap-zerocopy-set-SKBTX_DEV_ZEROCOPY-only-when-sk.patch
 bugfix/all/macvtap-zerocopy-validate-vectors-before-building-sk.patch
 
 bugfix/all/KVM-Fix-buffer-overflow-in-kvm_set_irq.patch
+bugfix/x86/zsmalloc-Finish-conversion-to-a-separate-module.patch