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diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index b918bdb28aed..0409a4ad6ea1 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1435,9 +1435,14 @@ enum compact_result compaction_suitable(struct zone *zone, int order,
* index towards 0 implies failure is due to lack of memory
* index towards 1000 implies failure is due to fragmentation
*
- * Only compact if a failure would be due to fragmentation.
+ * Only compact if a failure would be due to fragmentation. Also
+ * ignore fragindex for non-costly orders where the alternative to
+ * a successful reclaim/compaction is OOM. Fragindex and the
+ * vm.extfrag_threshold sysctl is meant as a heuristic to prevent
+ * excessive compaction for costly orders, but it should not be at the
+ * expense of system stability.
*/
- if (ret == COMPACT_CONTINUE) {
+ if (ret == COMPACT_CONTINUE && (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)) {
fragindex = fragmentation_index(zone, order);
if (fragindex >= 0 && fragindex <= sysctl_extfrag_threshold)
ret = COMPACT_NOT_SUITABLE_ZONE;