diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 74c4d103ebc2..3834b10b5115 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2458,11 +2458,18 @@ void __init tcp_init(void)
 		sysctl_max_syn_backlog = 128;
 	}
 
-	/* Allow no more than 3/4 kernel memory (usually less) allocated to TCP */
-	sysctl_tcp_mem[0] = (1536 / sizeof (struct inet_bind_hashbucket)) << order;
-	sysctl_tcp_mem[1] = sysctl_tcp_mem[0] * 4 / 3;
+	/* Set the pressure threshold to be a fraction of global memory that
+	 * is up to 1/2 at 256 MB, decreasing toward zero with the amount of
+	 * memory, with a floor of 128 pages.
+	 */
+	limit = min(nr_all_pages, 1UL<<(28-PAGE_SHIFT)) >> (20-PAGE_SHIFT);
+	limit = (limit * (nr_all_pages >> (20-PAGE_SHIFT))) >> (PAGE_SHIFT-11);
+	limit = max(limit, 128UL);
+	sysctl_tcp_mem[0] = limit / 4 * 3;
+	sysctl_tcp_mem[1] = limit;
 	sysctl_tcp_mem[2] = sysctl_tcp_mem[0] * 2;
 
+	/* Set per-socket limits to no more than 1/128 the pressure threshold */
 	limit = ((unsigned long)sysctl_tcp_mem[1]) << (PAGE_SHIFT - 7);
 	max_share = min(4UL*1024*1024, limit);