diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 9d9a896fa7b5..a7ba5cee950b 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1749,15 +1749,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited);
  */
 bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
-	unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
+	struct dirty_throttle_control gdtc_stor = { GDTC_INIT(wb) };
+	struct dirty_throttle_control * const gdtc = &gdtc_stor;
 
-	global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+	/*
+	 * Similar to balance_dirty_pages() but ignores pages being written
+	 * as we're trying to decide whether to put more under writeback.
+	 */
+	gdtc->avail = global_dirtyable_memory();
+	gdtc->dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+		      global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+	domain_dirty_limits(gdtc);
 
-	if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
-	    global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
+	if (gdtc->dirty > gdtc->bg_thresh)
 		return true;
 
-	if (wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE) > wb_calc_thresh(wb, background_thresh))
+	if (wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE) > __wb_calc_thresh(gdtc))
 		return true;
 
 	return false;