diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0a8dc0dbd7da534e8ef8e4fb6d2114093c9ae35e..96e700b55219ce56aafd61a2e3d03587cc03530e 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7700,9 +7700,9 @@ static void __setup_per_zone_wmarks(void)
 			    mult_frac(zone->managed_pages,
 				      watermark_scale_factor, 10000));
 
+		zone->watermark_boost = 0;
 		zone->_watermark[WMARK_LOW]  = min_wmark_pages(zone) + tmp;
 		zone->_watermark[WMARK_HIGH] = min_wmark_pages(zone) + tmp * 2;
-		zone->watermark_boost = 0;
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 	}