diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 23f8a5242de784a14c1a19d803e4f560a383aad5..718840df14e16b56a9ee292e82468d34708b8a58 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ static unsigned long shrink_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, int nid,
 void drop_slab_node(int nid)
 {
 	unsigned long freed;
+	int shift = 0;
 
 	do {
 		struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
@@ -907,7 +908,7 @@ void drop_slab_node(int nid)
 		do {
 			freed += shrink_slab(GFP_KERNEL, nid, memcg, 0);
 		} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)) != NULL);
-	} while (freed > 10);
+	} while ((freed >> shift++) > 1);
 }
 
 void drop_slab(void)