diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index d29087c2fe2d711d353611e5411117ae8abb42da..e09f994c61b0c1ac1c3677e42a16d0fe6c0f347b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2613,6 +2613,7 @@ extern void memmap_init_zone(unsigned long, int, unsigned long,
 		struct vmem_altmap *, int migratetype);
 extern void setup_per_zone_wmarks(void);
 extern int __meminit init_per_zone_wmark_min(void);
+extern int __meminit init_min_cache_kbytes(void);
 extern void mem_init(void);
 extern void __init mmap_init(void);
 extern void show_mem(unsigned int flags, nodemask_t *nodemask);
diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 382293ca51c03c0d8bca70709afaf2ac98195e5e..9f2bc27d7f18103efbaec6ddaff5467740e50316 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	shuffle_zone(zone);
 
 	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
+	init_min_cache_kbytes();
 
 	kswapd_run(nid);
 	kcompactd_run(nid);
@@ -1897,6 +1898,7 @@ int __ref offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 	adjust_present_page_count(pfn_to_page(start_pfn), group, -nr_pages);
 
 	init_per_zone_wmark_min();
+	init_min_cache_kbytes();
 
 	if (!populated_zone(zone)) {
 		zone_pcp_reset(zone);
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c9df8967dca155f4b3fe422a1312f2111a67e571..f4233ca7252e6606dfa93c0e8c94add40a006922 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8817,6 +8817,40 @@ static void setup_min_cache_kbytes(void)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialise min_cache_kbytes.
+ *
+ * 0   < total memory <= 4G,   min_cache_kbytes:  150M
+ * 4G  < total memory <= 8G,   min_cache_kbytes:  300M
+ * 8G  < total memory <= 16G,  min_cache_kbytes:  400M
+ * 16G < total memory <= 128G, min_cache_kbytes:  500M
+ *       total memory >  128G, min_cache_kbytes: 1024M
+ */
+
+int __meminit init_min_cache_kbytes(void)
+{
+	unsigned long total_ram_bytes = totalram_pages() << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	if (total_ram_bytes <= 4UL * SZ_1G)
+		/* limit min_cache_kbytes to 1/2 of total memory at most */
+		if (total_ram_bytes / 2 < 150 * SZ_1M)
+			sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = total_ram_bytes / 2 / SZ_1K;
+		else
+			sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = 150 * SZ_1K;
+	else if (total_ram_bytes <= 8UL * SZ_1G)
+		sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = 300 * SZ_1K;
+	else if (total_ram_bytes <= 16UL * SZ_1G)
+		sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = 400 * SZ_1K;
+	else if (total_ram_bytes <= 128UL * SZ_1G)
+		sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = 500 * SZ_1K;
+	else
+		sysctl_min_cache_kbytes = 1024 * SZ_1K;
+
+	setup_min_cache_kbytes();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+postcore_initcall(init_min_cache_kbytes)
 
 int sysctl_min_cache_kbytes_sysctl_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)