diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 25b9ca93d2327e942da46f8d9545a7a514c6ed13..45add35dda1b5da25a1ad7d9ff88c94687cb3cad 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ extern void mem_cgroup_note_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 extern void mem_cgroup_record_reclaim_priority(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 							int priority);
 int mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
+int mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg);
 unsigned long mem_cgroup_zone_nr_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				       struct zone *zone,
 				       enum lru_list lru);
@@ -239,6 +240,12 @@ mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static inline int
+mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long
 mem_cgroup_zone_nr_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, struct zone *zone,
 			 enum lru_list lru)
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 78eb8552818b6b94d4add7ec06ecdc881add1f67..70db6e0a5eece0a3a6d40f2089d91271968c3361 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -570,6 +570,17 @@ int mem_cgroup_inactive_anon_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
+{
+	unsigned long active;
+	unsigned long inactive;
+
+	inactive = mem_cgroup_get_local_zonestat(memcg, LRU_INACTIVE_FILE);
+	active = mem_cgroup_get_local_zonestat(memcg, LRU_ACTIVE_FILE);
+
+	return (active > inactive);
+}
+
 unsigned long mem_cgroup_zone_nr_pages(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				       struct zone *zone,
 				       enum lru_list lru)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index e5245d051647e6271604c613f9ebc8685e2884e7..9673437a54572790fcc77da4ab2b9aa8b67a5582 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1351,12 +1351,48 @@ static int inactive_anon_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 	return low;
 }
 
+static int inactive_file_is_low_global(struct zone *zone)
+{
+	unsigned long active, inactive;
+
+	active = zone_page_state(zone, NR_ACTIVE_FILE);
+	inactive = zone_page_state(zone, NR_INACTIVE_FILE);
+
+	return (active > inactive);
+}
+
+/**
+ * inactive_file_is_low - check if file pages need to be deactivated
+ * @zone: zone to check
+ * @sc:   scan control of this context
+ *
+ * When the system is doing streaming IO, memory pressure here
+ * ensures that active file pages get deactivated, until more
+ * than half of the file pages are on the inactive list.
+ *
+ * Once we get to that situation, protect the system's working
+ * set from being evicted by disabling active file page aging.
+ *
+ * This uses a different ratio than the anonymous pages, because
+ * the page cache uses a use-once replacement algorithm.
+ */
+static int inactive_file_is_low(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
+{
+	int low;
+
+	if (scanning_global_lru(sc))
+		low = inactive_file_is_low_global(zone);
+	else
+		low = mem_cgroup_inactive_file_is_low(sc->mem_cgroup);
+	return low;
+}
+
 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc, int priority)
 {
 	int file = is_file_lru(lru);
 
-	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE) {
+	if (lru == LRU_ACTIVE_FILE && inactive_file_is_low(zone, sc)) {
 		shrink_active_list(nr_to_scan, zone, sc, priority, file);
 		return 0;
 	}