diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
index 825233b6d98..9dd2742590b 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/mm.h
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ MmInitializeMemoryConsumer(ULONG Consumer,
 			   NTSTATUS (*Trim)(ULONG Target, ULONG Priority, 
 					    PULONG NrFreed));
 VOID
-MmInitializeBalancer(ULONG NrAvailablePages);
+MmInitializeBalancer(ULONG NrAvailablePages, ULONG NrSystemPages);
 NTSTATUS
 MmReleasePageMemoryConsumer(ULONG Consumer, PHYSICAL_ADDRESS Page);
 NTSTATUS
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/balance.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/balance.c
index c7c6c7f6d66..1543fd5cc43 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/balance.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/balance.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  */
-/* $Id: balance.c,v 1.21 2003/10/12 17:05:48 hbirr Exp $
+/* $Id: balance.c,v 1.22 2003/10/23 20:28:08 hbirr Exp $
  *
  * PROJECT:     ReactOS kernel 
  * FILE:        ntoskrnl/mm/balance.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ VOID MmPrintMemoryStatistic(VOID)
 }
 
 VOID INIT_FUNCTION
-MmInitializeBalancer(ULONG NrAvailablePages)
+MmInitializeBalancer(ULONG NrAvailablePages, ULONG NrSystemPages)
 {
   memset(MiMemoryConsumers, 0, sizeof(MiMemoryConsumers));
   InitializeListHead(&AllocationListHead);
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ MmInitializeBalancer(ULONG NrAvailablePages)
     NrAvailablePages - MiMinimumAvailablePages;
   MiMemoryConsumers[MC_PPOOL].PagesTarget = NrAvailablePages / 2;
   MiMemoryConsumers[MC_NPPOOL].PagesTarget = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+  MiMemoryConsumers[MC_NPPOOL].PagesUsed = NrSystemPages;
 }
 
 VOID INIT_FUNCTION
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/freelist.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/freelist.c
index 6c133267102..7313084b3c5 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/freelist.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/freelist.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ MmInitializePageList(PVOID FirstPhysKernelAddress,
   
    MmStats.NrTotalPages = MmStats.NrFreePages + MmStats.NrSystemPages +
      MmStats.NrReservedPages + MmStats.NrUserPages;
-   MmInitializeBalancer(MmStats.NrFreePages);
+   MmInitializeBalancer(MmStats.NrFreePages, MmStats.NrSystemPages + MmStats.NrReservedPages);
    return((PVOID)LastKernelAddress);
 }