diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 148c6e630df..17497d0cd8b 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1882,12 +1882,12 @@ static void shrink_zone(int priority, struct zone *zone,
 	unsigned long nr[NR_LRU_LISTS];
 	unsigned long nr_to_scan;
 	enum lru_list l;
-	unsigned long nr_reclaimed;
+	unsigned long nr_reclaimed, nr_scanned;
 	unsigned long nr_to_reclaim = sc->nr_to_reclaim;
-	unsigned long nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
 
 restart:
 	nr_reclaimed = 0;
+	nr_scanned = sc->nr_scanned;
 	get_scan_count(zone, sc, nr, priority);
 
 	while (nr[LRU_INACTIVE_ANON] || nr[LRU_ACTIVE_FILE] ||