diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 8a88a7787cfe..fb7329ab2b37 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -176,12 +176,11 @@ static struct tty_ldisc *tty_ldisc_get(struct tty_struct *tty, int disc)
 			return ERR_CAST(ldops);
 	}
 
-	ld = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_ldisc), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (ld == NULL) {
-		put_ldops(ldops);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
-
+	/*
+	 * There is no way to handle allocation failure of only 16 bytes.
+	 * Let's simplify error handling and save more memory.
+	 */
+	ld = kmalloc(sizeof(struct tty_ldisc), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ld->ops = ldops;
 	ld->tty = tty;