diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index b1520b07785..d29b2bdb9e0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1817,12 +1817,19 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
 	enum lru_list l;
 	int noswap = 0;
 	bool force_scan = false;
-	unsigned long nr_force_scan[2];
 
-	/* kswapd does zone balancing and needs to scan this zone */
+	/*
+	 * If the zone or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0.  This
+	 * results in no scanning on this priority and a potential
+	 * priority drop.  Global direct reclaim can go to the next
+	 * zone and tends to have no problems. Global kswapd is for
+	 * zone balancing and it needs to scan a minimum amount. When
+	 * reclaiming for a memcg, a priority drop can cause high
+	 * latencies, so it's better to scan a minimum amount there as
+	 * well.
+	 */
 	if (scanning_global_lru(sc) && current_is_kswapd())
 		force_scan = true;
-	/* memcg may have small limit and need to avoid priority drop */
 	if (!scanning_global_lru(sc))
 		force_scan = true;
 
@@ -1832,8 +1839,6 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
 		fraction[0] = 0;
 		fraction[1] = 1;
 		denominator = 1;
-		nr_force_scan[0] = 0;
-		nr_force_scan[1] = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1850,8 +1855,6 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
 			fraction[0] = 1;
 			fraction[1] = 0;
 			denominator = 1;
-			nr_force_scan[0] = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
-			nr_force_scan[1] = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1900,11 +1903,6 @@ static void get_scan_count(struct zone *zone, struct scan_control *sc,
 	fraction[0] = ap;
 	fraction[1] = fp;
 	denominator = ap + fp + 1;
-	if (force_scan) {
-		unsigned long scan = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
-		nr_force_scan[0] = div64_u64(scan * ap, denominator);
-		nr_force_scan[1] = div64_u64(scan * fp, denominator);
-	}
 out:
 	for_each_evictable_lru(l) {
 		int file = is_file_lru(l);
@@ -1913,20 +1911,10 @@ out:
 		scan = zone_nr_lru_pages(zone, sc, l);
 		if (priority || noswap) {
 			scan >>= priority;
+			if (!scan && force_scan)
+				scan = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX;
 			scan = div64_u64(scan * fraction[file], denominator);
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * If zone is small or memcg is small, nr[l] can be 0.
-		 * This results no-scan on this priority and priority drop down.
-		 * For global direct reclaim, it can visit next zone and tend
-		 * not to have problems. For global kswapd, it's for zone
-		 * balancing and it need to scan a small amounts. When using
-		 * memcg, priority drop can cause big latency. So, it's better
-		 * to scan small amount. See may_noscan above.
-		 */
-		if (!scan && force_scan)
-			scan = nr_force_scan[file];
 		nr[l] = scan;
 	}
 }