diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index cbcbba0..9ca63af 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2325,6 +2325,16 @@
 
 	if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) &&
 	    !page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->kmem, nr_pages, &counter)) {
+
+		/*
+		 * Enforce __GFP_NOFAIL allocation because callers are not
+		 * prepared to see failures and likely do not have any failure
+		 * handling code.
+		 */
+		if (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL) {
+			page_counter_charge(&memcg->kmem, nr_pages);
+			return 0;
+		}
 		cancel_charge(memcg, nr_pages);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}