diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index a818d56..e3758a0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 };
 
 int min_free_kbytes = 1024;
-int user_min_free_kbytes;
+int user_min_free_kbytes = -1;
 
 static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_kernel_pages;
 static unsigned long __meminitdata nr_all_pages;