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diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index 790651b4e5ba..a83833a1f7a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
+++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct shrink_control {
* 'nr_to_scan' entries and attempt to free them up. It should return
* the number of objects which remain in the cache. If it returns -1, it means
* it cannot do any scanning at this time (eg. there is a risk of deadlock).
+ * The callback must not return -1 if nr_to_scan is zero.
*
* The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to
* fulfil.