diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3b8ede882396..25f90383b391 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2217,7 +2217,8 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
  *
  * This function returns true if a zone is being reclaimed for a costly
  * high-order allocation and compaction is ready to begin. This indicates to
- * the caller that it should retry the allocation or fail.
+ * the caller that it should consider retrying the allocation instead of
+ * further reclaim.
  */
 static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 					struct scan_control *sc)
@@ -2226,7 +2227,7 @@ static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long nr_soft_reclaimed;
 	unsigned long nr_soft_scanned;
-	bool should_abort_reclaim = false;
+	bool aborted_reclaim = false;
 
 	for_each_zone_zonelist_nodemask(zone, z, zonelist,
 					gfp_zone(sc->gfp_mask), sc->nodemask) {
@@ -2252,7 +2253,7 @@ static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 				 * allocations.
 				 */
 				if (compaction_ready(zone, sc)) {
-					should_abort_reclaim = true;
+					aborted_reclaim = true;
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
@@ -2274,7 +2275,7 @@ static bool shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist,
 		shrink_zone(priority, zone, sc);
 	}
 
-	return should_abort_reclaim;
+	return aborted_reclaim;
 }
 
 static bool zone_reclaimable(struct zone *zone)
@@ -2328,7 +2329,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	struct zoneref *z;
 	struct zone *zone;
 	unsigned long writeback_threshold;
-	bool should_abort_reclaim;
+	bool aborted_reclaim;
 
 	get_mems_allowed();
 	delayacct_freepages_start();
@@ -2340,9 +2341,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 		sc->nr_scanned = 0;
 		if (!priority)
 			disable_swap_token(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
-		should_abort_reclaim = shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
-		if (should_abort_reclaim)
-			break;
+		aborted_reclaim = shrink_zones(priority, zonelist, sc);
 
 		/*
 		 * Don't shrink slabs when reclaiming memory from
@@ -2409,8 +2408,8 @@ out:
 	if (oom_killer_disabled)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Aborting reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
-	if (should_abort_reclaim)
+	/* Aborted reclaim to try compaction? don't OOM, then */
+	if (aborted_reclaim)
 		return 1;
 
 	/* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */