diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 75f4c1206d00..eaf0a925ff26 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ unsigned long try_to_compact_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 			goto break_loop;
 		}
 
-		if (mode != MIGRATE_ASYNC) {
+		if (mode != MIGRATE_ASYNC && status == COMPACT_COMPLETE) {
 			/*
 			 * We think that allocation won't succeed in this zone
 			 * so we defer compaction there. If it ends up