A variable displacement swash plate type compressor comprising: a housing in which a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a cylinder bore are formed; a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a swash plate rotatable in the swash plate chamber by rotation of the drive shaft; a link mechanism provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate and configured to allow a change in an inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to a direction orthogonal to a rotational axis of the drive shaft; a piston accommodated to be reciprocatingly movable in the cylinder bore; a conversion mechanism configured to reciprocatingly move the piston in the cylinder bore at a stroke corresponding to the inclination angle according to the rotation of the swash plate; an actuator capable of changing the inclination angle; and a control mechanism configured to control the actuator, wherein the swash plate chamber communicates with the suction chamber, the actuator includes: a fixed body fixed to the drive shaft in the swash chamber; a movable body movable in the rotational axis direction in the swash plate chamber; and a control pressure chamber defined by the fixed body and the movable body and configured to introduce a refrigerant including lubricant in the discharge chamber to thereby move the movable body, in the housing, a pressure regulation chamber that communicates with the discharge chamber and the control pressure chamber and a shaft hole that allows the swash plate chamber and the pressure regulation chamber to communicate with each other are formed, in the shaft hole, a bearing rotatably supporting the drive shaft is arranged, a communication path that allows the pressure regulation chamber and the swash plate chamber to communicate with each other via the bearing is provided between the drive shaft and the shaft hole, in the communication path, an annular member arranged around the drive shaft is provided, the annular member includes an aperture (630, 670) that allows the pressure regulation chamber and the swash plate chamber to always communicate with each other, and the annular member moves in the communication path on a basis of a pressure difference between the pressure regulation chamber and the swash plate chamber to thereby adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant circulating through the communication path. a housing in which a suction chamber, a discharge chamber, a swash plate chamber, and a cylinder bore are formed; a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a swash plate rotatable in the swash plate chamber by rotation of the drive shaft; a link mechanism provided between the drive shaft and the swash plate and configured to allow a change in an inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to a direction orthogonal to a rotational axis of the drive shaft; a piston accommodated to be reciprocatingly movable in the cylinder bore; a conversion mechanism configured to reciprocatingly move the piston in the cylinder bore at a stroke corresponding to the inclination angle according to the rotation of the swash plate; an actuator capable of changing the inclination angle; and a control mechanism configured to control the actuator, a fixed body fixed to the drive shaft in the swash chamber; a movable body movable in the rotational axis direction in the swash plate chamber; and a control pressure chamber defined by the fixed body and the movable body and configured to introduce a refrigerant including lubricant in the discharge chamber to thereby move the movable body,