diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 72da290b171b..e34fc04b7045 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2208,7 +2208,7 @@ static bool inactive_is_low(struct lruvec *lruvec, enum lru_list inactive_lru)
 	active = lruvec_page_state(lruvec, NR_LRU_BASE + active_lru);
 
 	gb = (inactive + active) >> (30 - PAGE_SHIFT);
-	if (gb)
+	if (gb && is_file_lru(inactive_lru))
 		inactive_ratio = int_sqrt(10 * gb);
 	else
 		inactive_ratio = 1;