diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 636afce90efabe7f18afe233c5456b022ee14ce5..d30d4a2bdb99affb4ec7ad9acb4ead28804f5c95 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2468,12 +2468,12 @@ static bool can_steal_fallback(unsigned int order, int start_mt)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline void boost_watermark(struct zone *zone)
+static inline bool boost_watermark(struct zone *zone)
 {
 	unsigned long max_boost;
 
 	if (!watermark_boost_factor)
-		return;
+		return false;
 	/*
 	 * Don't bother in zones that are unlikely to produce results.
 	 * On small machines, including kdump capture kernels running
@@ -2481,7 +2481,7 @@ static inline void boost_watermark(struct zone *zone)
 	 * memory situation immediately.
 	 */
 	if ((pageblock_nr_pages * 4) > zone_managed_pages(zone))
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	max_boost = mult_frac(zone->_watermark[WMARK_HIGH],
 			watermark_boost_factor, 10000);
@@ -2495,12 +2495,14 @@ static inline void boost_watermark(struct zone *zone)
 	 * boosted watermark resulting in a hang.
 	 */
 	if (!max_boost)
-		return;
+		return false;
 
 	max_boost = max(pageblock_nr_pages, max_boost);
 
 	zone->watermark_boost = min(zone->watermark_boost + pageblock_nr_pages,
 		max_boost);
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2538,8 +2540,7 @@ static void steal_suitable_fallback(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 	 * likelihood of future fallbacks. Wake kswapd now as the node
 	 * may be balanced overall and kswapd will not wake naturally.
 	 */
-	boost_watermark(zone);
-	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD)
+	if (boost_watermark(zone) && (alloc_flags & ALLOC_KSWAPD))
 		set_bit(ZONE_BOOSTED_WATERMARK, &zone->flags);
 
 	/* We are not allowed to try stealing from the whole block */