diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 1520efd1c7c482152828e8899e80a2240b8608d1..bcb0a0bee1fc22a48c95d01583cae5c998df59bd 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ static int mem_cgroup_hierarchical_reclaim(struct mem_cgroup *root_mem,
 			if (!res_counter_soft_limit_excess(&root_mem->res))
 				return total;
 		} else if (mem_cgroup_margin(root_mem))
-			return 1 + total;
+			return total;
 	}
 	return total;
 }