diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index a18cf4b7c724..0ada46b595cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ extern unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int vm_swappiness;
 long remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio);
 
-extern unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *page_list);
+extern unsigned int paging_out(struct list_head *page_list);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 extern int node_reclaim_mode;
 extern int sysctl_min_unmapped_ratio;
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 19cf5b6892ce..cda903a8fa6e 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct reclaim_stat {
 	unsigned nr_writeback;
 	unsigned nr_immediate;
 	unsigned nr_pageout;
+	unsigned nr_pageout_keep;
 	unsigned nr_activate[ANON_AND_FILE];
 	unsigned nr_ref_keep;
 	unsigned nr_unmap_fail;
diff --git a/mm/damon/paddr.c b/mm/damon/paddr.c
index e1a4315c4be6..be2a731d3459 100644
--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_pageout(struct damon_region *r)
 			put_page(page);
 		}
 	}
-	applied = reclaim_pages(&page_list);
+	applied = paging_out(&page_list);
 	cond_resched();
 	return applied * PAGE_SIZE;
 }
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index c7105ec6d08c..a4a03054ab6b 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
 huge_unlock:
 		spin_unlock(ptl);
 		if (pageout)
-			reclaim_pages(&page_list);
+			paging_out(&page_list);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static int madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd,
 	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	pte_unmap_unlock(orig_pte, ptl);
 	if (pageout)
-		reclaim_pages(&page_list);
+		paging_out(&page_list);
 	cond_resched();
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 04d8b88e5216..579a7ebbe24a 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1933,6 +1933,7 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 				goto activate_locked;
 			case PAGE_SUCCESS:
 				stat->nr_pageout += nr_pages;
+				stat->nr_pageout_keep += nr_pages;
 
 				if (folio_test_writeback(folio))
 					goto keep;
@@ -1948,6 +1949,8 @@ static unsigned int shrink_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 				if (folio_test_dirty(folio) ||
 				    folio_test_writeback(folio))
 					goto keep_locked;
+
+				stat->nr_pageout_keep -= nr_pages;
 				mapping = folio_mapping(folio);
 				fallthrough;
 			case PAGE_CLEAN:
@@ -2646,9 +2649,9 @@ static void shrink_active_list(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 }
 
 static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
-				      struct pglist_data *pgdat)
+				      struct pglist_data *pgdat,
+				      struct reclaim_stat *stat)
 {
-	struct reclaim_stat dummy_stat;
 	unsigned int nr_reclaimed;
 	struct folio *folio;
 	struct scan_control sc = {
@@ -2659,7 +2662,7 @@ static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 		.no_demotion = 1,
 	};
 
-	nr_reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(folio_list, pgdat, &sc, &dummy_stat, false);
+	nr_reclaimed = shrink_folio_list(folio_list, pgdat, &sc, stat, false);
 	while (!list_empty(folio_list)) {
 		folio = lru_to_folio(folio_list);
 		list_del(&folio->lru);
@@ -2669,15 +2672,23 @@ static unsigned int reclaim_folio_list(struct list_head *folio_list,
 	return nr_reclaimed;
 }
 
-unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *folio_list)
+/*
+ * paging_out - reclaim clean pages and write dirty pages into storage
+ * @folio_list: pages for paging out
+ *
+ * paging_out() writes dirty pages to backing storage and/or reclaim
+ * clean pages from memory. Returns the number of written/reclaimed pages.
+ */
+unsigned int paging_out(struct list_head *folio_list)
 {
 	int nid;
-	unsigned int nr_reclaimed = 0;
+	unsigned int nr_pageout = 0;
 	LIST_HEAD(node_folio_list);
 	unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
+	struct reclaim_stat stat;
 
 	if (list_empty(folio_list))
-		return nr_reclaimed;
+		return nr_pageout;
 
 	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
 
@@ -2691,15 +2702,17 @@ unsigned long reclaim_pages(struct list_head *folio_list)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		nr_reclaimed += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
+		nr_pageout += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid), &stat);
+		nr_pageout += stat.nr_pageout_keep;
 		nid = folio_nid(lru_to_folio(folio_list));
 	} while (!list_empty(folio_list));
 
-	nr_reclaimed += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid));
+	nr_pageout += reclaim_folio_list(&node_folio_list, NODE_DATA(nid), &stat);
+	nr_pageout += stat.nr_pageout_keep;
 
 	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);
 
-	return nr_reclaimed;
+	return nr_pageout;
 }
 
 static unsigned long shrink_list(enum lru_list lru, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
