diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index c26986c85ce0..96ebe6608d5c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2060,9 +2060,6 @@ loop_again:
 					priority != DEF_PRIORITY)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
-					high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0))
-				all_zones_ok = 0;
 			temp_priority[i] = priority;
 			sc.nr_scanned = 0;
 			note_zone_scanning_priority(zone, priority);
@@ -2102,13 +2099,18 @@ loop_again:
 			    total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
 				sc.may_writepage = 1;
 
-			/*
-			 * We are still under min water mark. it mean we have
-			 * GFP_ATOMIC allocation failure risk. Hurry up!
-			 */
-			if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, min_wmark_pages(zone),
-					      end_zone, 0))
-				has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
+			if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
+					high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
+				all_zones_ok = 0;
+				/*
+				 * We are still under min water mark.  This
+				 * means that we have a GFP_ATOMIC allocation
+				 * failure risk. Hurry up!
+				 */
+				if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order,
+					    min_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0))
+					has_under_min_watermark_zone = 1;
+			}
 
 		}
 		if (all_zones_ok)