diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
index ef2740296a..b4538cc8f2 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ define KernelPackage/zram
 	CONFIG_ZRAM \
 	CONFIG_ZRAM_DEBUG=n \
 	CONFIG_PGTABLE_MAPPING=n \
+	CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK=n \
 	CONFIG_ZSMALLOC_STAT=n \
 	CONFIG_ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS=y
   FILES:= \