diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 85395dc6eb13..ad40d67421f3 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1928,9 +1928,8 @@ static void kcompactd_do_work(pg_data_t *pgdat)
 		.total_free_scanned = 0,
 		.classzone_idx = pgdat->kcompactd_classzone_idx,
 		.mode = MIGRATE_SYNC_LIGHT,
-		.ignore_skip_hint = true,
+		.ignore_skip_hint = false,
 		.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
-
 	};
 	trace_mm_compaction_kcompactd_wake(pgdat->node_id, cc.order,
 							cc.classzone_idx);