diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index b4d5bab8d68b..ead008ea38f2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #define HIGH_WATERMARK			50
 #define LOW_WATERMARK			45
-#define MAX_WRITEBACK_JOBS		0
+#define MAX_WRITEBACK_JOBS		min(0x10000000 / PAGE_SIZE, totalram_pages() / 16)
 #define ENDIO_LATENCY			16
 #define WRITEBACK_LATENCY		64
 #define AUTOCOMMIT_BLOCKS_SSD		65536