1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 7b0573f33a27..a297603d35bc 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -866,7 +866,15 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 			 */
 			if (page_is_file_cache(page) &&
 					(!current_is_kswapd() || priority >= DEF_PRIORITY - 2)) {
-				inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP);
+				/*
+				 * Immediately reclaim when written back.
+				 * Similar in principal to deactivate_page()
+				 * except we already have the page isolated
+				 * and know it's dirty
+				 */
+				inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_IMMEDIATE);
+				SetPageReclaim(page);
+
 				goto keep_locked;
 			}