diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6407cbf..2f457a7 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1462,15 +1462,33 @@
 		BUILD_BUG_ON(ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS < NR_WMARK);
 		if (!(alloc_flags & ALLOC_NO_WATERMARKS)) {
 			unsigned long mark;
+			int ret;
+
 			mark = zone->watermark[alloc_flags & ALLOC_WMARK_MASK];
-			if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark,
-				    classzone_idx, alloc_flags)) {
-				if (!zone_reclaim_mode ||
-				    !zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order))
+			if (zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark,
+				    classzone_idx, alloc_flags))
+				goto try_this_zone;
+
+			if (zone_reclaim_mode == 0)
+				goto this_zone_full;
+
+			ret = zone_reclaim(zone, gfp_mask, order);
+			switch (ret) {
+			case ZONE_RECLAIM_NOSCAN:
+				/* did not scan */
+				goto try_next_zone;
+			case ZONE_RECLAIM_FULL:
+				/* scanned but unreclaimable */
+				goto this_zone_full;
+			default:
+				/* did we reclaim enough */
+				if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, mark,
+						classzone_idx, alloc_flags))
 					goto this_zone_full;
 			}
 		}
 
+try_this_zone:
 		page = buffered_rmqueue(preferred_zone, zone, order,
 						gfp_mask, migratetype);
 		if (page)