diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Makefile b/fs/squashfs/Makefile
index 110b0476f3b48a21e016dd8f4337476ddf37c3ce..c223c8439c21aabbac42b7729f385afe835bf091 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/squashfs/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS) += squashfs.o
 squashfs-y += block.o cache.o dir.o export.o file.o fragment.o id.o inode.o
-squashfs-y += namei.o super.o symlink.o decompressor.o
+squashfs-y += namei.o super.o symlink.o decompressor.o decompressor_single.o
 squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XATTR) += xattr.o xattr_id.o
 squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO) += lzo_wrapper.o
 squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ) += xz_wrapper.o
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/block.c b/fs/squashfs/block.c
index 41d108ecc9be305211a635bfdf7932ac52d91097..4dd402597f2221608e597e467d56cc1627ae89d1 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/block.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/block.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, void **buffer, u64 index,
 	struct buffer_head **bh;
 	int offset = index & ((1 << msblk->devblksize_log2) - 1);
 	u64 cur_index = index >> msblk->devblksize_log2;
-	int bytes, compressed, b = 0, k = 0, page = 0, avail;
+	int bytes, compressed, b = 0, k = 0, page = 0, avail, i;
 
 	bh = kcalloc(((srclength + msblk->devblksize - 1)
 		>> msblk->devblksize_log2) + 1, sizeof(*bh), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, void **buffer, u64 index,
 		ll_rw_block(READ, b - 1, bh + 1);
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < b; i++) {
+		wait_on_buffer(bh[i]);
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[i]))
+			goto block_release;
+	}
+
 	if (compressed) {
 		length = squashfs_decompress(msblk, buffer, bh, b, offset,
 			 length, srclength, pages);
@@ -172,9 +178,6 @@ int squashfs_read_data(struct super_block *sb, void **buffer, u64 index,
 		for (bytes = length; k < b; k++) {
 			in = min(bytes, msblk->devblksize - offset);
 			bytes -= in;
-			wait_on_buffer(bh[k]);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[k]))
-				goto block_release;
 			while (in) {
 				if (pg_offset == PAGE_CACHE_SIZE) {
 					page++;
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
index 3f6271d86abc48ba3132ccfdd5668e118799e249..234291f79ba5b233349577ad3980f181b592ed4d 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
@@ -37,29 +37,29 @@
  */
 
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_lzma_unsupported_comp_ops = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, LZMA_COMPRESSION, "lzma", 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, LZMA_COMPRESSION, "lzma", 0
 };
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_lzo_comp_ops = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, LZO_COMPRESSION, "lzo", 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, LZO_COMPRESSION, "lzo", 0
 };
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_xz_comp_ops = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, XZ_COMPRESSION, "xz", 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, XZ_COMPRESSION, "xz", 0
 };
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZLIB
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zlib_comp_ops = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, ZLIB_COMPRESSION, "zlib", 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ZLIB_COMPRESSION, "zlib", 0
 };
 #endif
 
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_unknown_comp_ops = {
-	NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, "unknown", 0
+	NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, "unknown", 0
 };
 
 static const struct squashfs_decompressor *decompressor[] = {
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ const struct squashfs_decompressor *squashfs_lookup_decompressor(int id)
 }
 
 
-void *squashfs_decompressor_init(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short flags)
+static void *get_comp_opts(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short flags)
 {
 	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = sb->s_fs_info;
-	void *strm, *buffer = NULL;
+	void *buffer = NULL, *comp_opts;
 	int length = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -94,23 +94,40 @@ void *squashfs_decompressor_init(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short flags)
 	 */
 	if (SQUASHFS_COMP_OPTS(flags)) {
 		buffer = kmalloc(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (buffer == NULL)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (buffer == NULL) {
+			comp_opts = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		length = squashfs_read_data(sb, &buffer,
 			sizeof(struct squashfs_super_block), 0, NULL,
-			PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, 1);
+				PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, 1);
 
 		if (length < 0) {
-			strm = ERR_PTR(length);
-			goto finished;
+			comp_opts = ERR_PTR(length);
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 
-	strm = msblk->decompressor->init(msblk, buffer, length);
+	comp_opts = squashfs_comp_opts(msblk, buffer, length);
 
-finished:
+out:
 	kfree(buffer);
+	return comp_opts;
+}
+
+
+void *squashfs_decompressor_setup(struct super_block *sb, unsigned short flags)
+{
+	struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk = sb->s_fs_info;
+	void *stream, *comp_opts = get_comp_opts(sb, flags);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(comp_opts))
+		return comp_opts;
+
+	stream = squashfs_decompressor_create(msblk, comp_opts);
+	if (IS_ERR(stream))
+		kfree(comp_opts);
 
-	return strm;
+	return stream;
 }
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
index 330073e29029950238da75d90fbd86a9dc8c881a..6cdb20a3878af22414d2f94233e198c02bb82fe5 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
@@ -24,28 +24,21 @@
  */
 
 struct squashfs_decompressor {
-	void	*(*init)(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void *, int);
+	void	*(*init)(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void *);
+	void	*(*comp_opts)(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void *, int);
 	void	(*free)(void *);
-	int	(*decompress)(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void **,
+	int	(*decompress)(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void *, void **,
 		struct buffer_head **, int, int, int, int, int);
 	int	id;
 	char	*name;
 	int	supported;
 };
 
-static inline void squashfs_decompressor_free(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
-	void *s)
+static inline void *squashfs_comp_opts(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
+							void *buff, int length)
 {
-	if (msblk->decompressor)
-		msblk->decompressor->free(s);
-}
-
-static inline int squashfs_decompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
-	void **buffer, struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
-	int srclength, int pages)
-{
-	return msblk->decompressor->decompress(msblk, buffer, bh, b, offset,
-		length, srclength, pages);
+	return msblk->decompressor->comp_opts ?
+		msblk->decompressor->comp_opts(msblk, buff, length) : NULL;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor_single.c b/fs/squashfs/decompressor_single.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f857cf6f22d4c4cb24fef3787e7358293c605a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor_single.c
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013
+ * Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2. See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+
+#include "squashfs_fs.h"
+#include "squashfs_fs_sb.h"
+#include "decompressor.h"
+#include "squashfs.h"
+
+/*
+ * This file implements single-threaded decompression in the
+ * decompressor framework
+ */
+
+struct squashfs_stream {
+	void		*stream;
+	struct mutex	mutex;
+};
+
+void *squashfs_decompressor_create(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
+						void *comp_opts)
+{
+	struct squashfs_stream *stream;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	stream = kmalloc(sizeof(*stream), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (stream == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	stream->stream = msblk->decompressor->init(msblk, comp_opts);
+	if (IS_ERR(stream->stream)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(stream->stream);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	kfree(comp_opts);
+	mutex_init(&stream->mutex);
+	return stream;
+
+out:
+	kfree(stream);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+void squashfs_decompressor_destroy(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk)
+{
+	struct squashfs_stream *stream = msblk->stream;
+
+	if (stream) {
+		msblk->decompressor->free(stream->stream);
+		kfree(stream);
+	}
+}
+
+int squashfs_decompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
+	void **buffer, struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
+	int srclength, int pages)
+{
+	int res;
+	struct squashfs_stream *stream = msblk->stream;
+
+	mutex_lock(&stream->mutex);
+	res = msblk->decompressor->decompress(msblk, stream->stream, buffer,
+		bh, b, offset, length, srclength, pages);
+	mutex_unlock(&stream->mutex);
+
+	if (res < 0)
+		ERROR("%s decompression failed, data probably corrupt\n",
+			msblk->decompressor->name);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+int squashfs_max_decompressors(void)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
index 00f4dfc5f0884cb6d77920130883521b04635784..75c3b57791722654e0438adbc811ad2c708fe54f 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/lzo_wrapper.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct squashfs_lzo {
 	void	*output;
 };
 
-static void *lzo_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff, int len)
+static void *lzo_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff)
 {
 	int block_size = max_t(int, msblk->block_size, SQUASHFS_METADATA_SIZE);
 
@@ -74,22 +74,16 @@ static void lzo_free(void *strm)
 }
 
 
-static int lzo_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
-	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length, int srclength,
-	int pages)
+static int lzo_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
+	void **buffer, struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
+	int srclength, int pages)
 {
-	struct squashfs_lzo *stream = msblk->stream;
+	struct squashfs_lzo *stream = strm;
 	void *buff = stream->input;
 	int avail, i, bytes = length, res;
 	size_t out_len = srclength;
 
-	mutex_lock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < b; i++) {
-		wait_on_buffer(bh[i]);
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[i]))
-			goto block_release;
-
 		avail = min(bytes, msblk->devblksize - offset);
 		memcpy(buff, bh[i]->b_data + offset, avail);
 		buff += avail;
@@ -111,17 +105,9 @@ static int lzo_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 		bytes -= avail;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
 	return res;
 
-block_release:
-	for (; i < b; i++)
-		put_bh(bh[i]);
-
 failed:
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
-
-	ERROR("lzo decompression failed, data probably corrupt\n");
 	return -EIO;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
index d1266516ed08494e93f4dc2ef00fe66be9216cb5..2e2751df8452e7c1173dbb4e58fef9130a4d6c79 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs.h
@@ -48,7 +48,14 @@ extern void *squashfs_read_table(struct super_block *, u64, int);
 
 /* decompressor.c */
 extern const struct squashfs_decompressor *squashfs_lookup_decompressor(int);
-extern void *squashfs_decompressor_init(struct super_block *, unsigned short);
+extern void *squashfs_decompressor_setup(struct super_block *, unsigned short);
+
+/* decompressor_xxx.c */
+extern void *squashfs_decompressor_create(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void *);
+extern void squashfs_decompressor_destroy(struct squashfs_sb_info *);
+extern int squashfs_decompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *, void **,
+	struct buffer_head **, int, int, int, int, int);
+extern int squashfs_max_decompressors(void);
 
 /* export.c */
 extern __le64 *squashfs_read_inode_lookup_table(struct super_block *, u64, u64,
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
index 52934a22f29665a00f082b24aa57ce915e875913..9cdcf4150d59b570a895116fea0f81f2b468b4cb 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ struct squashfs_sb_info {
 	__le64					*id_table;
 	__le64					*fragment_index;
 	__le64					*xattr_id_table;
-	struct mutex				read_data_mutex;
 	struct mutex				meta_index_mutex;
 	struct meta_index			*meta_index;
-	void					*stream;
+	struct squashfs_stream			*stream;
 	__le64					*inode_lookup_table;
 	u64					inode_table;
 	u64					directory_table;
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/super.c b/fs/squashfs/super.c
index 60553a9053ca82b7264862e8168b61df0ce7de89..202df6312d4e8517a63bb9ff10b385738e54ab6e 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/super.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int squashfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	msblk->devblksize = sb_min_blocksize(sb, SQUASHFS_DEVBLK_SIZE);
 	msblk->devblksize_log2 = ffz(~msblk->devblksize);
 
-	mutex_init(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&msblk->meta_index_mutex);
 
 	/*
@@ -206,13 +205,14 @@ static int squashfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto failed_mount;
 
 	/* Allocate read_page block */
-	msblk->read_page = squashfs_cache_init("data", 1, msblk->block_size);
+	msblk->read_page = squashfs_cache_init("data",
+		squashfs_max_decompressors(), msblk->block_size);
 	if (msblk->read_page == NULL) {
 		ERROR("Failed to allocate read_page block\n");
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
-	msblk->stream = squashfs_decompressor_init(sb, flags);
+	msblk->stream = squashfs_decompressor_setup(sb, flags);
 	if (IS_ERR(msblk->stream)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(msblk->stream);
 		msblk->stream = NULL;
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static int squashfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	squashfs_cache_delete(msblk->block_cache);
 	squashfs_cache_delete(msblk->fragment_cache);
 	squashfs_cache_delete(msblk->read_page);
-	squashfs_decompressor_free(msblk, msblk->stream);
+	squashfs_decompressor_destroy(msblk);
 	kfree(msblk->inode_lookup_table);
 	kfree(msblk->fragment_index);
 	kfree(msblk->id_table);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void squashfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		squashfs_cache_delete(sbi->block_cache);
 		squashfs_cache_delete(sbi->fragment_cache);
 		squashfs_cache_delete(sbi->read_page);
-		squashfs_decompressor_free(sbi, sbi->stream);
+		squashfs_decompressor_destroy(sbi);
 		kfree(sbi->id_table);
 		kfree(sbi->fragment_index);
 		kfree(sbi->meta_index);
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
index 1760b7d108f66a55614102c43713ef315592374e..5d1d07cca6b45359eab97cad17176fa47f2404ac 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/xz_wrapper.c
@@ -38,38 +38,63 @@ struct squashfs_xz {
 	struct xz_buf buf;
 };
 
-struct comp_opts {
+struct disk_comp_opts {
 	__le32 dictionary_size;
 	__le32 flags;
 };
 
-static void *squashfs_xz_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff,
-	int len)
+struct comp_opts {
+	int dict_size;
+};
+
+static void *squashfs_xz_comp_opts(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk,
+	void *buff, int len)
 {
-	struct comp_opts *comp_opts = buff;
-	struct squashfs_xz *stream;
-	int dict_size = msblk->block_size;
-	int err, n;
+	struct disk_comp_opts *comp_opts = buff;
+	struct comp_opts *opts;
+	int err = 0, n;
+
+	opts = kmalloc(sizeof(*opts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (opts == NULL) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out2;
+	}
 
 	if (comp_opts) {
 		/* check compressor options are the expected length */
 		if (len < sizeof(*comp_opts)) {
 			err = -EIO;
-			goto failed;
+			goto out;
 		}
 
-		dict_size = le32_to_cpu(comp_opts->dictionary_size);
+		opts->dict_size = le32_to_cpu(comp_opts->dictionary_size);
 
 		/* the dictionary size should be 2^n or 2^n+2^(n+1) */
-		n = ffs(dict_size) - 1;
-		if (dict_size != (1 << n) && dict_size != (1 << n) +
+		n = ffs(opts->dict_size) - 1;
+		if (opts->dict_size != (1 << n) && opts->dict_size != (1 << n) +
 						(1 << (n + 1))) {
 			err = -EIO;
-			goto failed;
+			goto out;
 		}
-	}
+	} else
+		/* use defaults */
+		opts->dict_size = max_t(int, msblk->block_size,
+							SQUASHFS_METADATA_SIZE);
 
-	dict_size = max_t(int, dict_size, SQUASHFS_METADATA_SIZE);
+	return opts;
+
+out:
+	kfree(opts);
+out2:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+
+static void *squashfs_xz_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff)
+{
+	struct comp_opts *comp_opts = buff;
+	struct squashfs_xz *stream;
+	int err;
 
 	stream = kmalloc(sizeof(*stream), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (stream == NULL) {
@@ -77,7 +102,7 @@ static void *squashfs_xz_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	stream->state = xz_dec_init(XZ_PREALLOC, dict_size);
+	stream->state = xz_dec_init(XZ_PREALLOC, comp_opts->dict_size);
 	if (stream->state == NULL) {
 		kfree(stream);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -103,15 +128,13 @@ static void squashfs_xz_free(void *strm)
 }
 
 
-static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
-	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length, int srclength,
-	int pages)
+static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
+	void **buffer, struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
+	int srclength, int pages)
 {
 	enum xz_ret xz_err;
 	int avail, total = 0, k = 0, page = 0;
-	struct squashfs_xz *stream = msblk->stream;
-
-	mutex_lock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
+	struct squashfs_xz *stream = strm;
 
 	xz_dec_reset(stream->state);
 	stream->buf.in_pos = 0;
@@ -124,10 +147,6 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 		if (stream->buf.in_pos == stream->buf.in_size && k < b) {
 			avail = min(length, msblk->devblksize - offset);
 			length -= avail;
-			wait_on_buffer(bh[k]);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[k]))
-				goto release_mutex;
-
 			stream->buf.in = bh[k]->b_data + offset;
 			stream->buf.in_size = avail;
 			stream->buf.in_pos = 0;
@@ -147,23 +166,12 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 			put_bh(bh[k++]);
 	} while (xz_err == XZ_OK);
 
-	if (xz_err != XZ_STREAM_END) {
-		ERROR("xz_dec_run error, data probably corrupt\n");
-		goto release_mutex;
-	}
-
-	if (k < b) {
-		ERROR("xz_uncompress error, input remaining\n");
-		goto release_mutex;
-	}
-
-	total += stream->buf.out_pos;
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
-	return total;
+	if (xz_err != XZ_STREAM_END || k < b)
+		goto out;
 
-release_mutex:
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
+	return total + stream->buf.out_pos;
 
+out:
 	for (; k < b; k++)
 		put_bh(bh[k]);
 
@@ -172,6 +180,7 @@ static int squashfs_xz_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 
 const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_xz_comp_ops = {
 	.init = squashfs_xz_init,
+	.comp_opts = squashfs_xz_comp_opts,
 	.free = squashfs_xz_free,
 	.decompress = squashfs_xz_uncompress,
 	.id = XZ_COMPRESSION,
diff --git a/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
index 55d918fd2d862605beb85dae54c3a177b776381d..bb049027d15c770f16f4b1b89095e41d65e4dab0 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
+++ b/fs/squashfs/zlib_wrapper.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "squashfs.h"
 #include "decompressor.h"
 
-static void *zlib_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *dummy, void *buff, int len)
+static void *zlib_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *dummy, void *buff)
 {
 	z_stream *stream = kmalloc(sizeof(z_stream), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (stream == NULL)
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ static void zlib_free(void *strm)
 }
 
 
-static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
-	struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length, int srclength,
-	int pages)
+static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
+	void **buffer, struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
+	int srclength, int pages)
 {
 	int zlib_err, zlib_init = 0;
 	int k = 0, page = 0;
-	z_stream *stream = msblk->stream;
-
-	mutex_lock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
+	z_stream *stream = strm;
 
 	stream->avail_out = 0;
 	stream->avail_in = 0;
@@ -78,10 +76,6 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 		if (stream->avail_in == 0 && k < b) {
 			int avail = min(length, msblk->devblksize - offset);
 			length -= avail;
-			wait_on_buffer(bh[k]);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh[k]))
-				goto release_mutex;
-
 			stream->next_in = bh[k]->b_data + offset;
 			stream->avail_in = avail;
 			offset = 0;
@@ -94,12 +88,8 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 
 		if (!zlib_init) {
 			zlib_err = zlib_inflateInit(stream);
-			if (zlib_err != Z_OK) {
-				ERROR("zlib_inflateInit returned unexpected "
-					"result 0x%x, srclength %d\n",
-					zlib_err, srclength);
-				goto release_mutex;
-			}
+			if (zlib_err != Z_OK)
+				goto out;
 			zlib_init = 1;
 		}
 
@@ -109,29 +99,19 @@ static int zlib_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void **buffer,
 			put_bh(bh[k++]);
 	} while (zlib_err == Z_OK);
 
-	if (zlib_err != Z_STREAM_END) {
-		ERROR("zlib_inflate error, data probably corrupt\n");
-		goto release_mutex;
-	}
+	if (zlib_err != Z_STREAM_END)
+		goto out;
 
 	zlib_err = zlib_inflateEnd(stream);
-	if (zlib_err != Z_OK) {
-		ERROR("zlib_inflate error, data probably corrupt\n");
-		goto release_mutex;
-	}
-
-	if (k < b) {
-		ERROR("zlib_uncompress error, data remaining\n");
-		goto release_mutex;
-	}
+	if (zlib_err != Z_OK)
+		goto out;
 
-	length = stream->total_out;
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
-	return length;
+	if (k < b)
+		goto out;
 
-release_mutex:
-	mutex_unlock(&msblk->read_data_mutex);
+	return stream->total_out;
 
+out:
 	for (; k < b; k++)
 		put_bh(bh[k]);