1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index ff3218a0f5e1..2d414508e9ec 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -373,8 +373,10 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmalloc_slab(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
         int index;
 
-        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE))
+        if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE) {
+                WARN_ON_ONCE(!(flags & __GFP_NOWARN));
                 return NULL;
+        }
 
         if (size <= 192) {
                 if (!size)