diff --git a/kernel/power/snapshot.c b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
index d69e3323a85dac1c15adf5d0a0a1ad4c9132aa76..ace55889f7027b051acbaabdbce71389315418e5 100644
--- a/kernel/power/snapshot.c
+++ b/kernel/power/snapshot.c
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ void __init hibernate_reserved_size_init(void)
 
 /*
  * Preferred image size in bytes (tunable via /sys/power/image_size).
- * When it is set to N, the image creating code will do its best to
- * ensure the image size will not exceed N bytes, but if that is
- * impossible, it will try to create the smallest image possible.
+ * When it is set to N, swsusp will do its best to ensure the image
+ * size will not exceed N bytes, but if that is impossible, it will
+ * try to create the smallest image possible.
  */
 unsigned long image_size;
 
 void __init hibernate_image_size_init(void)
 {
-	image_size = (totalram_pages / 3) * PAGE_SIZE;
+	image_size = ((totalram_pages * 2) / 5) * PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
 /* List of PBEs needed for restoring the pages that were allocated before