diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c0b065ec1571..dfeca594fd7a 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem,
 	excess = res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&root_mem->res) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	/* If memsw_is_minimum==1, swap-out is of-no-use. */
-	if (!check_soft && root_mem->memsw_is_minimum)
+	if (!check_soft && !shrink && root_mem->memsw_is_minimum)
 		noswap = true;
 
 	while (1) {