1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0bd4d82ddfff..3da85b81dabb 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,10 @@ nofail_alloc:
                 if (page)
                         goto got_pg;
 
+                /* The OOM killer will not help higher order allocs so fail */
+                if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+                        goto nopage;
+
                 out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order);
                 goto restart;
         }