1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2dbb2fc68837..d052abbe3063 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1745,8 +1745,10 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
          * be using allocators in order of preference for an area that is
          * too large.
          */
-        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order >= MAX_ORDER))
+        if (order >= MAX_ORDER) {
+                WARN_ON_ONCE(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN));
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         /*
          * GFP_THISNODE (meaning __GFP_THISNODE, __GFP_NORETRY and