diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 015e340bcea..d785f29eeca 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -175,8 +175,12 @@ static unsigned long vmpressure_calc_pressure(unsigned long scanned,
 static unsigned long vmpressure_account_stall(unsigned long pressure,
 				unsigned long stall, unsigned long scanned)
 {
-	unsigned long scale =
-		((vmpressure_scale_max - pressure) * stall) / scanned;
+	unsigned long scale;
+
+	if (pressure < 70)
+		return pressure;
+
+	scale = ((vmpressure_scale_max - pressure) * stall) / scanned;
 
 	return pressure + scale;
 }