diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 2a480c0ef1bc..96efe53855a0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int find_group_other(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
  * block has been written back to disk.  (Yes, these values are
  * somewhat arbitrary...)
  */
-#define RECENTCY_MIN	5
+#define RECENTCY_MIN	60
 #define RECENTCY_DIRTY	300
 
 static int recently_deleted(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, int ino)