diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4c847cc57caf..33b1a4762a7b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2836,7 +2836,8 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn, pfn, end_pfn;
 	struct page *page;
-	unsigned long reserve, block_migratetype;
+	unsigned long block_migratetype;
+	int reserve;
 
 	/* Get the start pfn, end pfn and the number of blocks to reserve */
 	start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
@@ -2844,6 +2845,15 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 	reserve = roundup(min_wmark_pages(zone), pageblock_nr_pages) >>
 							pageblock_order;
 
+	/*
+	 * Reserve blocks are generally in place to help high-order atomic
+	 * allocations that are short-lived. A min_free_kbytes value that
+	 * would result in more than 2 reserve blocks for atomic allocations
+	 * is assumed to be in place to help anti-fragmentation for the
+	 * future allocation of hugepages at runtime.
+	 */
+	reserve = min(2, reserve);
+
 	for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
 		if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 			continue;