diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-selfballoon.c b/drivers/xen/xen-selfballoon.c
index 21e18c1..6e9bf0b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-selfballoon.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-selfballoon.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static unsigned int frontswap_hysteresis __read_mostly = 20;
  * frontswap selfshrinking should commence. Note that selfshrinking does
  * not use a separate worker thread.
  */
-static unsigned int frontswap_inertia __read_mostly = 3;
+static unsigned int frontswap_inertia __read_mostly = 6;
 
 /* Countdown to next invocation of frontswap_shrink() */
 static unsigned long frontswap_inertia_counter;
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ static void frontswap_selfshrink(void)
 		tgt_frontswap_pages = cur_frontswap_pages -
 			(cur_frontswap_pages / frontswap_hysteresis);
 	frontswap_shrink(tgt_frontswap_pages);
+	printk("frontswap selfshrink %ld pages\n", tgt_frontswap_pages);
+	frontswap_inertia_counter = frontswap_inertia;
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_FRONTSWAP */