diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 422cf4edab47..936dc7b61dc6 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 				    bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
 		}
 
-		dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > bdi_thresh) ||
+		dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > bdi_thresh) &&
 				  (nr_dirty > dirty_thresh);
 		if (dirty_exceeded && !bdi->dirty_exceeded)
 			bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;