diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 4c5fdde62ff8b1c25ce6b9978a928e4e29e2e951..d95442f7e4781d6e3a17e411c05f1f5ff9f19e67 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -7788,9 +7788,9 @@ static void __setup_per_zone_wmarks(void)
 			    mult_frac(zone_managed_pages(zone),
 				      watermark_scale_factor, 10000));
 
+		zone->watermark_boost = 0;
 		zone->_watermark[WMARK_LOW]  = min_wmark_pages(zone) + tmp;
 		zone->_watermark[WMARK_HIGH] = min_wmark_pages(zone) + tmp * 2;
-		zone->watermark_boost = 0;
 
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&zone->lock, flags);
 	}