diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 04c49fe781fe..a0245861934a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2510,18 +2510,18 @@ loop_again:
 				KSWAPD_ZONE_BALANCE_GAP_RATIO);
 			if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
 					high_wmark_pages(zone) + balance_gap,
-					end_zone, 0))
+					end_zone, 0)) {
 				shrink_zone(priority, zone, &sc);
-			reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
-			nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
-			sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
-			total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
 
-			if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
-				continue;
-			if (nr_slab == 0 &&
-			    !zone_reclaimable(zone))
-				zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
+				reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab = 0;
+				nr_slab = shrink_slab(&shrink, sc.nr_scanned, lru_pages);
+				sc.nr_reclaimed += reclaim_state->reclaimed_slab;
+				total_scanned += sc.nr_scanned;
+
+				if (nr_slab == 0 && !zone_reclaimable(zone))
+					zone->all_unreclaimable = 1;
+			}
+
 			/*
 			 * If we've done a decent amount of scanning and
 			 * the reclaim ratio is low, start doing writepage
@@ -2531,6 +2531,9 @@ loop_again:
 			    total_scanned > sc.nr_reclaimed + sc.nr_reclaimed / 2)
 				sc.may_writepage = 1;
 
+			if (zone->all_unreclaimable)
+				continue;
+
 			if (!zone_watermark_ok_safe(zone, order,
 					high_wmark_pages(zone), end_zone, 0)) {
 				all_zones_ok = 0;