diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
index f6c473ad90da..f1340e8b5cbe 100644
--- a/mm/ksm.c
+++ b/mm/ksm.c
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ static inline struct rmap_item *alloc_rmap_item(void)
 {
 	struct rmap_item *rmap_item;
 
-	rmap_item = kmem_cache_zalloc(rmap_item_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rmap_item = kmem_cache_zalloc(rmap_item_cache, GFP_KERNEL |
+						__GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (rmap_item)
 		ksm_rmap_items++;
 	return rmap_item;