diff --git a/include/linux/vmpressure.h b/include/linux/vmpressure.h
index 6a2f51ebbfd3..faecd5522401 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmpressure.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmpressure.h
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ struct vmpressure {
 struct mem_cgroup;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
-extern void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
-		       unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed);
+void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
+		unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed);
 extern void vmpressure_prio(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int prio);
 
 extern void vmpressure_init(struct vmpressure *vmpr);
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ extern int vmpressure_register_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 extern void vmpressure_unregister_event(struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 					struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd);
 #else
-static inline void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
-			      unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed) {}
+static inline void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
+			      bool tree, unsigned long scanned,
+			      unsigned long reclaimed) {}
 static inline void vmpressure_prio(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg,
 				   int prio) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMCG */
diff --git a/mm/vmpressure.c b/mm/vmpressure.c
index 3fbb86996c4d..f053554e5826 100644
--- a/mm/vmpressure.c
+++ b/mm/vmpressure.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 /**
  * vmpressure() - Account memory pressure through scanned/reclaimed ratio
  * @gfp:	reclaimer's gfp mask
+ * @order:	allocation order being reclaimed for
  * @memcg:	cgroup memory controller handle
  * @tree:	legacy subtree mode
  * @scanned:	number of pages scanned
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ static void vmpressure_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
  *
  * This function does not return any value.
  */
-void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
+void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, int order, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
 		unsigned long scanned, unsigned long reclaimed)
 {
 	struct vmpressure *vmpr;
@@ -307,7 +308,15 @@ void vmpressure(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, bool tree,
 
 		level = vmpressure_calc_level(scanned, reclaimed);
 
-		if (level > VMPRESSURE_LOW) {
+		/*
+		 * Once we go above COSTLY_ORDER, reclaim relies heavily on
+		 * compaction to make progress. Reclaim efficiency was never a
+		 * great proxy for pressure to begin with, but it's outright
+		 * misleading with these high orders. Don't throttle sockets
+		 * because somebody is attempting something crazy like an order-7
+		 * and predictably struggling.
+		 */
+		if (level > VMPRESSURE_LOW && order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER) {
 			/*
 			 * Let the socket buffer allocator know that
 			 * we are having trouble reclaiming LRU pages.
@@ -348,7 +357,7 @@ void vmpressure_prio(gfp_t gfp, struct mem_cgroup *memcg, int prio)
 	 * to the vmpressure() basically means that we signal 'critical'
 	 * level.
 	 */
-	vmpressure(gfp, memcg, true, vmpressure_win, 0);
+	vmpressure(gfp, 0, memcg, true, vmpressure_win, 0);
 }
 
 #define MAX_VMPRESSURE_ARGS_LEN	(strlen("critical") + strlen("hierarchy") + 2)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index a9fd43b23a58..4b0984387658 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -5071,8 +5071,8 @@ static int shrink_one(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc)
 	shrink_slab(sc->gfp_mask, pgdat->node_id, memcg, sc->priority);
 
 	if (!sc->proactive)
-		vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, memcg, false, sc->nr_scanned - scanned,
-			   sc->nr_reclaimed - reclaimed);
+		vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, sc->order, memcg, false,
+			   sc->nr_scanned - scanned, sc->nr_reclaimed - reclaimed);
 
 	flush_reclaim_state(sc);
 
@@ -6175,7 +6175,7 @@ static void shrink_node_memcgs(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 		/* Record the group's reclaim efficiency */
 		if (!sc->proactive)
-			vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, memcg, false,
+			vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, sc->order, memcg, false,
 				   sc->nr_scanned - scanned,
 				   sc->nr_reclaimed - reclaimed);
 
@@ -6220,7 +6220,7 @@ static void shrink_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 
 	/* Record the subtree's reclaim efficiency */
 	if (!sc->proactive)
-		vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, sc->target_mem_cgroup, true,
+		vmpressure(sc->gfp_mask, sc->order, sc->target_mem_cgroup, true,
 			   sc->nr_scanned - nr_scanned, nr_node_reclaimed);
 
 	if (nr_node_reclaimed)