diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9c125f793bf5fa394e20a3192402fc6bd614de0f..41f5f6007c30b8bfaec702f446350c754d04b80b 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -3348,8 +3348,11 @@ static inline bool compaction_ready(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 static void consider_reclaim_throttle(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 {
-	/* If reclaim is making progress, wake any throttled tasks. */
-	if (sc->nr_reclaimed) {
+	/*
+	 * If reclaim is making progress greater than 12% efficiency then
+	 * wake all the NOPROGRESS throttled tasks.
+	 */
+	if (sc->nr_reclaimed > (sc->nr_scanned >> 3)) {
 		wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 
 		wqh = &pgdat->reclaim_wait[VMSCAN_THROTTLE_NOPROGRESS];