1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 94bdbe1f7caf..cf7086c6dc07 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -480,7 +480,8 @@ unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order)
          * fragmentation index determines if allocation failures are due to
          * low memory or external fragmentation
          *
-         * index of -1 implies allocations might succeed dependingon watermarks
+         * index of -1000 implies allocations might succeed depending on
+         * watermarks
          * index towards 0 implies failure is due to lack of memory
          * index towards 1000 implies failure is due to fragmentation
          *
@@ -490,7 +491,8 @@ unsigned long compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order)
         if (fragindex >= 0 && fragindex <= sysctl_extfrag_threshold)
                 return COMPACT_SKIPPED;
 
-        if (fragindex == -1 && zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark, 0, 0))
+        if (fragindex == -1000 && zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, watermark,
+            0, 0))
                 return COMPACT_PARTIAL;
 
         return COMPACT_CONTINUE;