diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index ff5f8bc34308ef5758052fa0ab44460a42a16f39..c2ee5265f92a16dd19ce87ef4ac1541c4a8e9eb2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -6735,6 +6735,8 @@ static ssize_t memory_reclaim(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 
 	reclaim_options	= MEMCG_RECLAIM_MAY_SWAP | MEMCG_RECLAIM_PROACTIVE;
 	while (nr_reclaimed < nr_to_reclaim) {
+		/* Will converge on zero, but reclaim enforces a minimum */
+		unsigned long batch_size = (nr_to_reclaim - nr_reclaimed) / 4;
 		unsigned long reclaimed;
 
 		if (signal_pending(current))
@@ -6749,8 +6751,7 @@ static ssize_t memory_reclaim(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 			lru_add_drain_all();
 
 		reclaimed = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg,
-					min(nr_to_reclaim - nr_reclaimed, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
-					GFP_KERNEL, reclaim_options);
+					batch_size, GFP_KERNEL, reclaim_options);
 
 		if (!reclaimed && !nr_retries--)
 			return -EAGAIN;