diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 078f6b53f8d5..732ff66d1b51 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3079,15 +3079,8 @@ vm_area_alloc_pages(gfp_t gfp, int nid,
 			page = alloc_pages(alloc_gfp, order);
 		else
 			page = alloc_pages_node(nid, alloc_gfp, order);
-		if (unlikely(!page)) {
-			if (!nofail)
-				break;
-
-			/* fall back to the zero order allocations */
-			alloc_gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
-			order = 0;
-			continue;
-		}
+		if (unlikely(!page))
+			break;
 
 		/*
 		 * Higher order allocations must be able to be treated as