diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index e8acb2b43dd918f1ee55f6c612e9af425c9b84d4..ce2fe197f5838611df03b2d6ecdbd69dec182405 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_GFP
-#define KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_GFP GFP_KERNEL
+#define KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE