diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 02a7947608ad151879daca76c1c0e5623cf516d2..0b1a32cbd74dbdd4f652e0c0f5b401c840602a28 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ 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 (root_mem->memsw_is_minimum)
+	if (!check_soft && root_mem->memsw_is_minimum)
 		noswap = true;
 
 	while (1) {