diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 9044769f2296..dd0f59d2c945 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ static inline unsigned long zone_page_state_snapshot(struct zone *zone,
 	return x;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long global_page_state_snapshot(enum zone_stat_item item)
+{
+	long x = atomic_long_read(&vm_stat[item]);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	struct zone *zone;
+	int cpu;
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		for_each_populated_zone(zone)
+			x += per_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset,
+				cpu)->vm_stat_diff[item];
+	}
+
+	if (x < 0)
+		x = 0;
+#endif
+	return x;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /*
  * Determine the per node value of a stat item. This function
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 2ddcb5da6db1..c16f9197c54c 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1670,6 +1670,12 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
                 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
 			global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
                         	break;
+		/* Try safe version */
+		else if (unlikely(global_page_state_snapshot(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
+			global_page_state_snapshot(NR_WRITEBACK) <=
+				dirty_thresh))
+				break;
+
                 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
 
 		/*