diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 062d925336cb..56abc4f426f4 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -6686,8 +6686,8 @@ static ssize_t memory_reclaim(struct kernfs_open_file *of, char *buf,
 			lru_add_drain_all();
 
 		reclaimed = try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg,
-						nr_to_reclaim - nr_reclaimed,
-						GFP_KERNEL, reclaim_options);
+					min(nr_to_reclaim - nr_reclaimed, SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX),
+					GFP_KERNEL, reclaim_options);
 
 		if (!reclaimed && !nr_retries--)
 			return -EAGAIN;