1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4c847cc57caf..33b1a4762a7b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2836,7 +2836,8 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
 {
         unsigned long start_pfn, pfn, end_pfn;
         struct page *page;
-        unsigned long reserve, block_migratetype;
+        unsigned long block_migratetype;
+        int reserve;
 
         /* Get the start pfn, end pfn and the number of blocks to reserve */
         start_pfn = zone->zone_start_pfn;
@@ -2844,6 +2845,15 @@ static void setup_zone_migrate_reserve(struct zone *zone)
         reserve = roundup(min_wmark_pages(zone), pageblock_nr_pages) >>
                                                         pageblock_order;
 
+        /*
+         * Reserve blocks are generally in place to help high-order atomic
+         * allocations that are short-lived. A min_free_kbytes value that
+         * would result in more than 2 reserve blocks for atomic allocations
+         * is assumed to be in place to help anti-fragmentation for the
+         * future allocation of hugepages at runtime.
+         */
+        reserve = min(2, reserve);
+
         for (pfn = start_pfn; pfn < end_pfn; pfn += pageblock_nr_pages) {
                 if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
                         continue;