diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
index d3b676273528..678d70d6e1c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst
@@ -512,11 +512,14 @@ registered compression algorithms, increases our chances of finding the
 algorithm that successfully compresses a particular page. Sometimes, however,
 it is convenient (and sometimes even necessary) to limit recompression to
 only one particular algorithm so that it will not try any other algorithms.
-This can be achieved by providing a algo=NAME parameter:::
+This can be achieved by providing a `algo` or `priority` parameter:::
 
 	#use zstd algorithm only (if registered)
 	echo "type=huge algo=zstd" > /sys/block/zramX/recompress
 
+	#use zstd algorithm only (if zstd was registered under priority 1)
+	echo "type=huge priority=1" > /sys/block/zramX/recompress
+
 memory tracking
 ===============
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 9b29f9e6cb50..1f1bf175a6c3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -1855,6 +1855,18 @@ static ssize_t recompress_store(struct device *dev,
 			algo = val;
 			continue;
 		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(param, "priority")) {
+			ret = kstrtouint(val, 10, &prio);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			if (prio == ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP)
+				prio = ZRAM_SECONDARY_COMP;
+
+			prio_max = min(prio + 1, ZRAM_MAX_COMPS);
+			continue;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (threshold >= huge_class_size)