diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c
index 82b5703..269373a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 		wr_len = roundup(sizeof *req + sizeof *sc +
 				 roundup(copy_len, T4_ULPTX_MIN_IO), 16);
 
-		skb = alloc_skb(wr_len, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+		skb = alloc_skb(wr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!skb)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		set_wr_txq(skb, CPL_PRIORITY_CONTROL, 0);