diff --git a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
index 963b96ba6..7dcf53bbe 100644
--- a/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
+++ b/include/os/linux/kernel/linux/page_compat.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 /*
  * Create our own accessor functions to follow the Linux API changes
  */
-#define	nr_file_pages() global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_PAGES)
-#define	nr_inactive_anon_pages() global_node_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_ANON)
+#define	nr_file_pages() (global_node_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE) + \
+			global_node_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE))
 #define	nr_inactive_file_pages() global_node_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE)
 
 #endif /* _ZFS_PAGE_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/man/man4/zfs.4 b/man/man4/zfs.4
index b1a1bbc6a..bdbb468d9 100644
--- a/man/man4/zfs.4
+++ b/man/man4/zfs.4
@@ -877,7 +877,9 @@ pressure on the pagecache, yet still allows the ARC to be reclaimed down to
 .Sy zfs_arc_min
 if necessary.
 This value is specified as percent of pagecache size (as measured by
-.Sy NR_FILE_PAGES ) ,
+.Sy NR_ACTIVE_FILE
++
+.Sy NR_INACTIVE_FILE ) ,
 where that percent may exceed
 .Sy 100 .
 This