diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 598fece89e2b..09df048c5aee 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -3387,7 +3387,6 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 	int loop = 0;
 	struct mem_cgroup_tree_per_node *mctz;
 	unsigned long excess;
-	unsigned long nr_scanned;
 
 	if (order > 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -3415,11 +3414,9 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_soft_limit_reclaim(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order,
 		if (!mz)
 			break;
 
-		nr_scanned = 0;
 		reclaimed = mem_cgroup_soft_reclaim(mz->memcg, pgdat,
-						    gfp_mask, &nr_scanned);
+						    gfp_mask, total_scanned);
 		nr_reclaimed += reclaimed;
-		*total_scanned += nr_scanned;
 		spin_lock_irq(&mctz->lock);
 		__mem_cgroup_remove_exceeded(mz, mctz);