diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index d888956a2cf..9f8ad77f091 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -1312,8 +1312,9 @@ u64 mem_cgroup_get_limit(struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
 	u64 limit;
 	u64 memsw;
 
-	limit = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_LIMIT) +
-			total_swap_pages;
+	limit = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->res, RES_LIMIT);
+	limit += total_swap_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
 	memsw = res_counter_read_u64(&memcg->memsw, RES_LIMIT);
 	/*
 	 * If memsw is finite and limits the amount of swap space available