diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index eac527e25ec902c2a586e9952272b9e8e599e2c8..e362f99334d03c0df4d88320977670015870dd9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -706,7 +706,8 @@ static bool mlx4_en_refill_rx_buffers(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	do {
 		if (mlx4_en_prepare_rx_desc(priv, ring,
 					    ring->prod & ring->size_mask,
-					    GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD))
+					    GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COLD |
+					    __GFP_MEMALLOC))
 			break;
 		ring->prod++;
 	} while (--missing);