diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a1893c050795b6e92f36a71cd0f5dd985f334a2c..f5255442ae2bddfc39c8cecc53a93f64b816d8f8 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -247,14 +247,18 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
 
 	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
 		unsigned long long delta;
-		unsigned long total_scan;
-		unsigned long max_pass;
+		long total_scan;
+		long max_pass;
 		int shrink_ret = 0;
 		long nr;
 		long new_nr;
 		long batch_size = shrinker->batch ? shrinker->batch
 						  : SHRINK_BATCH;
 
+		max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
+		if (max_pass <= 0)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * copy the current shrinker scan count into a local variable
 		 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
@@ -265,7 +269,6 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
 		} while (cmpxchg(&shrinker->nr, nr, 0) != nr);
 
 		total_scan = nr;
-		max_pass = do_shrinker_shrink(shrinker, shrink, 0);
 		delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
 		delta *= max_pass;
 		do_div(delta, lru_pages + 1);