diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 8615b066b642..f7c9b4cbdf01 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -4992,6 +4992,7 @@ static ssize_t memory_high_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 				 char *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t off)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_css(of_css(of));
+	unsigned long nr_pages;
 	unsigned long high;
 	int err;
 
@@ -5002,6 +5003,11 @@ static ssize_t memory_high_write(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 
 	memcg->high = high;
 
+	nr_pages = page_counter_read(&memcg->memory);
+	if (nr_pages > high)
+		try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages(memcg, nr_pages - high,
+					     GFP_KERNEL, true);
+
 	memcg_wb_domain_size_changed(memcg);
 	return nbytes;
 }