diff --git a/keydb.conf b/keydb.conf
index 1a006fcd3..02e97d4be 100644
--- a/keydb.conf
+++ b/keydb.conf
@@ -1145,9 +1145,8 @@ acllog-max-len 128
 #
 # active-expire-effort 1
 
-# Force evictions when RSS memory reaches this percent of total system memory.
-# This is useful as a safeguard to prevent OOM kills when RSS overhead is 
-# significant (0 to disable).
+# Force evictions when used system memory reaches X% of total system memory.
+# This is useful as a safeguard to prevent OOM kills (0 to disable).
 #
 # force-eviction-percent 0
 
diff --git a/src/evict.cpp b/src/evict.cpp
index 75b4e19a1..1523b2814 100644
--- a/src/evict.cpp
+++ b/src/evict.cpp
@@ -430,16 +430,15 @@ int getMaxmemoryState(size_t *total, size_t *logical, size_t *tofree, float *lev
     if (g_pserver->FRdbSaveInProgress() && !cserver.fForkBgSave)
         maxmemory = static_cast<size_t>(maxmemory*1.2);
 
-    /* If rss memory exceeds configurable percent of system memory, force eviction */
-    bool mem_rss_max_exceeded;
+    /* If available system memory is below a certain threshold, force eviction */
+    long long sys_available_mem_buffer = 0;
     if (g_pserver->force_eviction_percent && g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.sys_total) {
-        float sys_total_ratio = (float)(g_pserver->force_eviction_percent)/100;
-        size_t mem_rss_max = static_cast<size_t>(g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.sys_total * sys_total_ratio);
-        mem_rss_max_exceeded = g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.process_rss > mem_rss_max;
-        if (mem_rss_max_exceeded) {
-            /* This will always set maxmemory < mem_reported */
-            float frag_ratio = (float)g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.process_rss / (float)mem_reported;
-            maxmemory = static_cast<size_t>((float)mem_rss_max / frag_ratio);
+        float available_mem_ratio = (float)(100 - g_pserver->force_eviction_percent)/100;
+        size_t min_available_mem = static_cast<size_t>(g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.sys_total * available_mem_ratio);
+        sys_available_mem_buffer = static_cast<long>(g_pserver->cron_malloc_stats.sys_available - min_available_mem);
+        if (sys_available_mem_buffer < 0) {
+            long long mem_threshold = mem_reported + sys_available_mem_buffer;
+            maxmemory = ((long long)maxmemory < mem_threshold) ? maxmemory : static_cast<size_t>(mem_threshold);
         }
     }