diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0294ab34f475..650d26832569 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1652,6 +1652,30 @@ static int current_may_throttle(void)
 		bdi_write_congested(current->backing_dev_info);
 }
 
+static bool inactive_reclaimable_pages(struct lruvec *lruvec,
+				struct scan_control *sc, enum lru_list lru)
+{
+	int zid;
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int file = is_file_lru(lru);
+	struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(lruvec);
+
+	if (!global_reclaim(sc))
+		return true;
+
+	for (zid = sc->reclaim_idx; zid >= 0; zid--) {
+		zone = &pgdat->node_zones[zid];
+		if (!populated_zone(zone))
+			continue;
+
+		if (zone_page_state_snapshot(zone, NR_ZONE_LRU_BASE +
+				LRU_FILE * file) >= SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * shrink_inactive_list() is a helper for shrink_node().  It returns the number
  * of reclaimed pages
@@ -1674,6 +1698,9 @@ shrink_inactive_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan, struct lruvec *lruvec,
 	struct pglist_data *pgdat = lruvec_pgdat(lruvec);
 	struct zone_reclaim_stat *reclaim_stat = &lruvec->reclaim_stat;
 
+	if (!inactive_reclaimable_pages(lruvec, sc, lru))
+		return 0;
+
 	while (unlikely(too_many_isolated(pgdat, file, sc))) {
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);