diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 59605b7c9970..53157e157061 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
 		 * end of the LRU a second time.
 		 */
 		mapping = page_mapping(page);
-		if ((mapping && bdi_write_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) ||
+		if (((dirty || writeback) && mapping &&
+		     bdi_write_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info)) ||
 		    (writeback && PageReclaim(page)))
 			nr_congested++;