diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 75a55a855fef..243b62b9f89d 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -2264,10 +2264,11 @@ static void prepare_scan_control(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct scan_control *sc)
 	target_lruvec = mem_cgroup_lruvec(sc->target_mem_cgroup, pgdat);
 
 	/*
-	 * Flush the memory cgroup stats, so that we read accurate per-memcg
-	 * lruvec stats for heuristics.
+	 * Flush the memory cgroup stats in rate-limited way as we don't need
+	 * most accurate stats here. We may switch to regular stats flushing
+	 * in the future once it is cheap enough.
 	 */
-	mem_cgroup_flush_stats(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
+	mem_cgroup_flush_stats_ratelimited(sc->target_mem_cgroup);
 
 	/*
 	 * Determine the scan balance between anon and file LRUs.