diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index ce62b77..819f056 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1085,11 +1085,17 @@
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct kmem_cache_order_objects oo = s->oo;
+	gfp_t alloc_gfp;
 
 	flags |= s->allocflags;
 
-	page = alloc_slab_page(flags | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY, node,
-									oo);
+	/*
+	 * Let the initial higher-order allocation fail under memory pressure
+	 * so we fall-back to the minimum order allocation.
+	 */
+	alloc_gfp = (flags | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY) & ~__GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+	page = alloc_slab_page(alloc_gfp, node, oo);
 	if (unlikely(!page)) {
 		oo = s->min;
 		/*