diff --git a/mm/page_counter.c b/mm/page_counter.c
index 147ff99187b8..38cf8a32a5ec 100644
--- a/mm/page_counter.c
+++ b/mm/page_counter.c
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ static void propagate_protected_usage(struct page_counter *c,
 		return;
 
 	if (c->min || atomic_long_read(&c->min_usage)) {
-		if (usage <= c->min)
-			protected = usage;
-		else
-			protected = 0;
-
+		protected = min(usage, c->min);
 		old_protected = atomic_long_xchg(&c->min_usage, protected);
 		delta = protected - old_protected;
 		if (delta)
@@ -35,11 +31,7 @@ static void propagate_protected_usage(struct page_counter *c,
 	}
 
 	if (c->low || atomic_long_read(&c->low_usage)) {
-		if (usage <= c->low)
-			protected = usage;
-		else
-			protected = 0;
-
+		protected = min(usage, c->low);
 		old_protected = atomic_long_xchg(&c->low_usage, protected);
 		delta = protected - old_protected;
 		if (delta)