diff --git a/mm/mempool.c b/mm/mempool.c
index b933d0fc21b8..96488b13a1ef 100644
--- a/mm/mempool.c
+++ b/mm/mempool.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	gfp_t gfp_temp;
 
 	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_ZERO);
-	might_sleep_if(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
+	might_alloc(gfp_mask);
 
 	gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOMEMALLOC;	/* don't allocate emergency reserves */
 	gfp_mask |= __GFP_NORETRY;	/* don't loop in __alloc_pages */