diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 3929bb0a7501..e7a7233f6d5d 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ static int __bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int max_ra
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	} else {
 		bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
-		bdi->max_prop_frac = (FPROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
+		bdi->max_prop_frac = (FPROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) /
+						(100 * BDI_RATIO_SCALE);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);