diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
index 3a2142055392..5a634594a6ce 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static struct drm_gem_object *__etnaviv_gem_new(struct drm_device *dev,
 		 */
 		mapping = obj->filp->f_mapping;
 		mapping_set_gfp_mask(mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER |
-				     __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN);
+				     __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	}
 
 	if (ret)