diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index fd00a511644e..ad68a2d0119b 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -562,8 +562,8 @@ int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 
 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 	if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
-		writeback_set_ratelimit();
 		vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
+		writeback_set_ratelimit();
 	}
 	return ret;
 }