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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 720772baf2a7..92980b072121 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -7127,7 +7127,12 @@ restart:
goto restart;
}
- if (!sc.nr_reclaimed)
+ /*
+ * If the reclaim was boosted, we might still be far from the
+ * watermark_high at this point. We need to avoid increasing the
+ * failure count to prevent the kswapd thread from stopping.
+ */
+ if (!sc.nr_reclaimed && !boosted)
atomic_inc(&pgdat->kswapd_failures);
out: