diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 0ff72ccd65b4..6d1704e7bfe0 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4584,14 +4584,13 @@ retry:
 }
 
 static bool should_run_aging(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long max_seq,
-			     struct scan_control *sc, bool can_swap, unsigned long *nr_to_scan)
+			     bool can_swap, unsigned long *nr_to_scan)
 {
 	int gen, type, zone;
 	unsigned long old = 0;
 	unsigned long young = 0;
 	unsigned long total = 0;
 	struct lru_gen_folio *lrugen = &lruvec->lrugen;
-	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(lruvec);
 	DEFINE_MIN_SEQ(lruvec);
 
 	/* whether this lruvec is completely out of cold folios */
@@ -4619,13 +4618,7 @@ static bool should_run_aging(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long max_seq,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* try to scrape all its memory if this memcg was deleted */
-	if (!mem_cgroup_online(memcg)) {
-		*nr_to_scan = total;
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	*nr_to_scan = total >> sc->priority;
+	*nr_to_scan = total;
 
 	/*
 	 * The aging tries to be lazy to reduce the overhead, while the eviction
@@ -4657,6 +4650,7 @@ static bool should_run_aging(struct lruvec *lruvec, unsigned long max_seq,
  */
 static long get_nr_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc, bool can_swap)
 {
+	bool success;
 	unsigned long nr_to_scan;
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = lruvec_memcg(lruvec);
 	DEFINE_MAX_SEQ(lruvec);
@@ -4664,14 +4658,17 @@ static long get_nr_to_scan(struct lruvec *lruvec, struct scan_control *sc, bool
 	if (mem_cgroup_below_min(sc->target_mem_cgroup, memcg))
 		return -1;
 
-	if (!should_run_aging(lruvec, max_seq, sc, can_swap, &nr_to_scan))
+	success = should_run_aging(lruvec, max_seq, can_swap, &nr_to_scan);
+
+	/* try to scrape all its memory if this memcg was deleted */
+	if (nr_to_scan && !mem_cgroup_online(memcg))
 		return nr_to_scan;
 
-	/* skip the aging path at the default priority */
-	if (sc->priority == DEF_PRIORITY)
-		return nr_to_scan;
+	/* try to get away with not aging at the default priority */
+	if (!success || sc->priority == DEF_PRIORITY)
+		return nr_to_scan >> sc->priority;
 
-	/* skip this lruvec as it's low on cold folios */
+	/* stop scanning this lruvec as it's low on cold folios */
 	return try_to_inc_max_seq(lruvec, max_seq, can_swap, false) ? -1 : 0;
 }