diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index b68b2fe639fd..6f969ba0d688 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2822,7 +2822,8 @@ static struct mem_cgroup *get_mem_cgroup_from_objcg(struct obj_cgroup *objcg)
  * 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, bool new_page)