diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a5f475335aea87..b13b72645db337 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #define SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX 32UL
+#define SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX_SKIPPED (SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX << 10)
 #define COMPACT_CLUSTER_MAX SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX
 
 /* Bit flag in swap_map */
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 683ec56d4f608c..5b2f12425b28ce 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 	unsigned long nr_skipped[MAX_NR_ZONES] = { 0, };
 	unsigned long skipped = 0;
 	unsigned long scan, total_scan, nr_pages;
+	unsigned long max_nr_skipped = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(folios_skipped);
 
 	total_scan = 0;
@@ -1706,9 +1707,12 @@ static unsigned long isolate_lru_folios(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		nr_pages = folio_nr_pages(folio);
 		total_scan += nr_pages;
 
-		if (folio_zonenum(folio) > sc->reclaim_idx) {
+		/* Using max_nr_skipped to prevent hard LOCKUP*/
+		if (max_nr_skipped < SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX_SKIPPED &&
+		    (folio_zonenum(folio) > sc->reclaim_idx)) {
 			nr_skipped[folio_zonenum(folio)] += nr_pages;
 			move_to = &folios_skipped;
+			max_nr_skipped++;
 			goto move;
 		}