diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 885207a6b6b735cb7ca0dd276b907312300b5df1..c26986c85ce01b1d15a8914065a829890054c210 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1922,6 +1922,9 @@ static int sleeping_prematurely(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, long remaining)
 		if (!populated_zone(zone))
 			continue;
 
+		if (zone_is_all_unreclaimable(zone))
+			continue;
+
 		if (!zone_watermark_ok(zone, order, high_wmark_pages(zone),
 								0, 0))
 			return 1;