diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 751e3670d7b0..ddc8ed096dec 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2892,7 +2892,8 @@ static void commit_charge(struct page *page, struct mem_cgroup *memcg)
  * Moreover, it should not come from DMA buffer and is not readily
  * reclaimable. So those GFP bits should be masked off.
  */
-#define OBJCGS_CLEAR_MASK	(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_RECLAIMABLE | __GFP_ACCOUNT)
+#define OBJCGS_CLEAR_MASK	(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_RECLAIMABLE | \
+				 __GFP_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOFAIL)
 
 int memcg_alloc_page_obj_cgroups(struct page *page, struct kmem_cache *s,
 				 gfp_t gfp)