diff --git a/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c b/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
index 941a42a1ddde43aa4dcba3f70280f36088cab959..63a52b5e57cfb88d961a3e95da8fe83e7756aeb9 100644
--- a/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
+++ b/lustre/llite/llite_lib.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
 
 #include <lustre_lite.h>
 #include <lustre_ha.h>
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ extern struct address_space_operations ll_dir_aops;
 static struct ll_sb_info *ll_init_sbi(void)
 {
         struct ll_sb_info *sbi = NULL;
+        unsigned long pages;
+        struct sysinfo si;
         class_uuid_t uuid;
         int i;
         ENTRY;
@@ -69,10 +72,13 @@ static struct ll_sb_info *ll_init_sbi(void)
         spin_lock_init(&sbi->ll_process_lock);
         sbi->ll_rw_stats_on = 0;
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sbi->ll_pglist);
-        if (num_physpages >> (20 - CFS_PAGE_SHIFT) < 512)
-                sbi->ll_async_page_max = num_physpages / 2;
+
+        si_meminfo(&si);
+        pages = si.totalram - si.totalhigh;
+        if (pages >> (20 - CFS_PAGE_SHIFT) < 512)
+                sbi->ll_async_page_max = pages / 2;
         else
-                sbi->ll_async_page_max = (num_physpages / 4) * 3;
+                sbi->ll_async_page_max = (pages / 4) * 3;
         sbi->ll_ra_info.ra_max_pages = min(num_physpages / 8,
                                            SBI_DEFAULT_READAHEAD_MAX);
         sbi->ll_ra_info.ra_max_read_ahead_whole_pages =