diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index d29b2bd..10f9c59 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -865,6 +865,15 @@
 		if (PageDirty(page)) {
 			nr_dirty++;
 
+			/*
+			 * Only kswapd can writeback filesystem pages to
+			 * avoid risk of stack overflow
+			 */
+			if (page_is_file_cache(page) && !current_is_kswapd()) {
+				inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_VMSCAN_WRITE_SKIP);
+				goto keep_locked;
+			}
+
 			if (references == PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN)
 				goto keep_locked;
 			if (!may_enter_fs)
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index d52b13d..210bd8ff 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@
 	"nr_unstable",
 	"nr_bounce",
 	"nr_vmscan_write",
+	"nr_vmscan_write_skip",
 	"nr_writeback_temp",
 	"nr_isolated_anon",
 	"nr_isolated_file",