diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a34e40edc980..3f775e77aae7 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ static struct slab *allocate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	 */
 	alloc_gfp = (flags | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY) & ~__GFP_NOFAIL;
 	if ((alloc_gfp & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) && oo_order(oo) > oo_order(s->min))
-		alloc_gfp = (alloc_gfp | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC) & ~(__GFP_RECLAIM|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+		alloc_gfp = (alloc_gfp | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC) & ~__GFP_RECLAIM;
 
 	slab = alloc_slab_page(alloc_gfp, node, oo);
 	if (unlikely(!slab)) {