diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 363ba7082ef59efab5e90d94184cbf593aeff7ea..3fc261705b1e068c28c72a329f31ee431ae3fdc9 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1472,6 +1472,7 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
         for ( ; ; ) {
 		global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+		dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh);
 
                 /*
                  * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page