diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.c
index d8a5bad49680..837729d0be46 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct verbs_txreq *__get_txreq(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev,
 	if (ib_rvt_state_ops[qp->state] & RVT_PROCESS_RECV_OK) {
 		struct hfi1_qp_priv *priv;
 
-		tx = kmem_cache_alloc(dev->verbs_txreq_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		tx = kmem_cache_alloc(dev->verbs_txreq_cache, VERBS_TXREQ_GFP);
 		if (tx)
 			goto out;
 		priv = qp->priv;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h
index 31ded57592ee..0bd58a0772e2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs_txreq.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct hfi1_ibdev;
 struct verbs_txreq *__get_txreq(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev,
 				struct rvt_qp *qp);
 
+#define VERBS_TXREQ_GFP (GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN)
 static inline struct verbs_txreq *get_txreq(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev,
 					    struct rvt_qp *qp)
 	__must_hold(&qp->slock)
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ static inline struct verbs_txreq *get_txreq(struct hfi1_ibdev *dev,
 	struct verbs_txreq *tx;
 	struct hfi1_qp_priv *priv = qp->priv;
 
-	tx = kmem_cache_alloc(dev->verbs_txreq_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	tx = kmem_cache_alloc(dev->verbs_txreq_cache, VERBS_TXREQ_GFP);
 	if (unlikely(!tx)) {
 		/* call slow path to get the lock */
 		tx = __get_txreq(dev, qp);