diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 90126d6e8ab02..0b59aa4c6c0a9 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 
 			/* Case 2 above */
 			} else if (global_reclaim(sc) ||
-			    !PageReclaim(page) || !(sc->gfp_mask & __GFP_IO)) {
+			    !PageReclaim(page) || !may_enter_fs) {
 				/*
 				 * This is slightly racy - end_page_writeback()
 				 * might have just cleared PageReclaim, then