diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
index 082d1d2a52169..dc9a2eecc8b80 100644
--- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
+++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ extern int __khugepaged_enter(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				      unsigned long vm_flags);
+extern void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void);
 
 #define khugepaged_enabled()					       \
 	(transparent_hugepage_flags &				       \
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ static inline int khugepaged_enter_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_KHUGEPAGED_H */
diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
index 30553d7df402a..9c7dc2276156b 100644
--- a/mm/khugepaged.c
+++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ enum scan_result {
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/huge_memory.h>
 
+static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
+
 /* default scan 8*512 pte (or vmas) every 30 second */
 static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_to_scan __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int khugepaged_pages_collapsed;
@@ -1952,8 +1955,6 @@ static void set_recommended_min_free_kbytes(void)
 
 int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
 {
-	static struct task_struct *khugepaged_thread __read_mostly;
-	static DEFINE_MUTEX(khugepaged_mutex);
 	int err = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
@@ -1980,3 +1981,11 @@ int start_stop_khugepaged(void)
 	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
+
+void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&khugepaged_mutex);
+	if (khugepaged_enabled() && khugepaged_thread)
+		set_recommended_min_free_kbytes();
+	mutex_unlock(&khugepaged_mutex);
+}
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 545800433dfba..4325e7d581155 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/khugepaged.h>
 
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -7399,6 +7400,8 @@ int __meminit init_per_zone_wmark_min(void)
 	setup_min_slab_ratio();
 #endif
 
+	khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 postcore_initcall(init_per_zone_wmark_min)