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diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 2156ef775d04..c313c49074ca 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2943,6 +2943,16 @@ int __memcg_kmem_charge_memcg(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp, int order,
if (!cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(memory_cgrp_subsys) &&
!page_counter_try_charge(&memcg->kmem, nr_pages, &counter)) {
+
+ /*
+ * Enforce __GFP_NOFAIL allocation because callers are not
+ * prepared to see failures and likely do not have any failure
+ * handling code.
+ */
+ if (gfp & __GFP_NOFAIL) {
+ page_counter_charge(&memcg->kmem, nr_pages);
+ return 0;
+ }
cancel_charge(memcg, nr_pages);
return -ENOMEM;
}