diff --git a/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
index 7bf2491a9c1f..c4d5bf841a7f 100644
--- a/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/tile/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 struct page *pgtable_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 			       int order)
 {
-	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp_t flags = GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO;
 	struct page *p;
 	int i;