diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c642304f178c..eba8dae22c25 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5276,8 +5276,7 @@ struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_with_frags(unsigned long header_len,
 			if (npages >= 1 << order) {
 				page = alloc_pages((gfp_mask & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
 						   __GFP_COMP |
-						   __GFP_NOWARN |
-						   __GFP_NORETRY,
+						   __GFP_NOWARN,
 						   order);
 				if (page)
 					goto fill_page;