diff --git a/include/linux/mem_reliable.h b/include/linux/mem_reliable.h
index 4add3803eb069afb7a9e1da5feb67c4d74323a39..8f858d11ce6f512d243419fe4cfbd97607a66532 100644
--- a/include/linux/mem_reliable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mem_reliable.h
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 extern struct static_key_false mem_reliable;
 
 extern bool reliable_enabled;
+extern bool shmem_reliable;
 
 extern void add_reliable_mem_size(long sz);
 extern void mem_reliable_init(bool has_unmirrored_mem,
 			      unsigned long *zone_movable_pfn);
+extern void shmem_reliable_init(void);
 extern void reliable_report_meminfo(struct seq_file *m);
 
 static inline bool mem_reliable_is_enabled(void)
@@ -46,6 +48,11 @@ static inline bool skip_none_movable_zone(gfp_t gfp, struct zoneref *z)
 
 	return false;
 }
+
+static inline bool shmem_reliable_is_enabled(void)
+{
+	return shmem_reliable;
+}
 #else
 #define reliable_enabled 0
 
@@ -53,12 +60,14 @@ static inline bool mem_reliable_is_enabled(void) { return false; }
 static inline void add_reliable_mem_size(long sz) {}
 static inline void mem_reliable_init(bool has_unmirrored_mem,
 				     unsigned long *zone_movable_pfn) {}
+static inline void shmem_reliable_init(void) {}
 static inline bool zone_reliable(struct zone *zone) { return false; }
 static inline bool skip_none_movable_zone(gfp_t gfp, struct zoneref *z)
 {
 	return false;
 }
 static inline void reliable_report_meminfo(struct seq_file *m) {}
+static inline bool shmem_reliable_is_enabled(void) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/mem_reliable.c b/mm/mem_reliable.c
index aa89c874890e6f1568a36355d4876742a0df3aec..e977a4122f8a8e5d3810906e7dbb1000db68dee1 100644
--- a/mm/mem_reliable.c
+++ b/mm/mem_reliable.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mem_reliable);
 bool reliable_enabled;
 
 static atomic_long_t total_reliable_mem;
+bool shmem_reliable __read_mostly = true;
 
 void add_reliable_mem_size(long sz)
 {
@@ -92,6 +93,17 @@ void mem_reliable_init(bool has_unmirrored_mem, unsigned long *zone_movable_pfn)
 		total_reliable_mem_sz());
 }
 
+void shmem_reliable_init(void)
+{
+	if (!shmem_reliable_is_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	if (!mem_reliable_is_enabled()) {
+		shmem_reliable = false;
+		pr_info("shmem reliable disabled.\n");
+	}
+}
+
 void reliable_report_meminfo(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 	if (!mem_reliable_is_enabled())
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index d36659e545426fd78fc2397187af6b825447915f..746e48454cb8ab1094e83afac95f0861837c0f75 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,14 @@ static struct page *shmem_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp,
 	return page;
 }
 
+static inline void shmem_prepare_alloc(gfp_t *gfp_mask)
+{
+	if (!shmem_reliable_is_enabled())
+		return;
+
+	*gfp_mask |= GFP_RELIABLE;
+}
+
 static struct page *shmem_alloc_and_acct_page(gfp_t gfp,
 		struct inode *inode,
 		pgoff_t index, bool huge, int node_id)
@@ -1586,6 +1594,8 @@ static struct page *shmem_alloc_and_acct_page(gfp_t gfp,
 	if (!shmem_inode_acct_block(inode, nr))
 		goto failed;
 
+	shmem_prepare_alloc(&gfp);
+
 	if (huge)
 		page = shmem_alloc_hugepage(gfp, info, index, node_id);
 	else
@@ -3944,6 +3954,8 @@ int __init shmem_init(void)
 	else
 		shmem_huge = 0; /* just in case it was patched */
 #endif
+
+	shmem_reliable_init();
 	return 0;
 
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