diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index d391beebe591..3f4e71148808 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2951,7 +2951,7 @@ static bool gfar_add_rx_frag(struct gfar_rx_buff *rxb, u32 lstatus,
 	}
 
 	/* try reuse page */
-	if (unlikely(page_count(page) != 1))
+	if (unlikely(page_count(page) != 1 || page_is_pfmemalloc(page)))
 		return false;
 
 	/* change offset to the other half */