diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index a8d6b59..355a9e6 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -138,11 +138,24 @@
 	int threshold;
 
 	for_each_populated_zone(zone) {
+		unsigned long max_drift, tolerate_drift;
+
 		threshold = calculate_threshold(zone);
 
 		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 			per_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset, cpu)->stat_threshold
 							= threshold;
+
+		/*
+		 * Only set percpu_drift_mark if there is a danger that
+		 * NR_FREE_PAGES reports the low watermark is ok when in fact
+		 * the min watermark could be breached by an allocation
+		 */
+		tolerate_drift = low_wmark_pages(zone) - min_wmark_pages(zone);
+		max_drift = num_online_cpus() * threshold;
+		if (max_drift > tolerate_drift)
+			zone->percpu_drift_mark = high_wmark_pages(zone) +
+					max_drift;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -813,7 +826,7 @@
 		   "\n        scanned  %lu"
 		   "\n        spanned  %lu"
 		   "\n        present  %lu",
-		   zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES),
+		   zone_nr_free_pages(zone),
 		   min_wmark_pages(zone),
 		   low_wmark_pages(zone),
 		   high_wmark_pages(zone),