diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 6042fe57cc60..65b5dcb6f671 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -3015,7 +3015,7 @@ retry:
 	for_each_zone_zonelist(zone, z, zonelist, high_zoneidx) {
 		nid = zone_to_nid(zone);
 
-		if (cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, flags | __GFP_HARDWALL) &&
+		if (cpuset_zone_allowed(zone, flags) &&
 			get_node(cache, nid) &&
 			get_node(cache, nid)->free_objects) {
 				obj = ____cache_alloc_node(cache,