diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index 59da2a415fbb..30092d9a3b23 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -1174,9 +1174,16 @@ static int zswap_frontswap_store(unsigned type, pgoff_t offset,
 		goto reject;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * XXX: zswap reclaim does not work with cgroups yet. Without a
+	 * cgroup-aware entry LRU, we will push out entries system-wide based on
+	 * local cgroup limits.
+	 */
 	objcg = get_obj_cgroup_from_page(page);
-	if (objcg && !obj_cgroup_may_zswap(objcg))
-		goto shrink;
+	if (objcg && !obj_cgroup_may_zswap(objcg)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto reject;
+	}
 
 	/* reclaim space if needed */
 	if (zswap_is_full()) {