diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/floppy.h b/include/asm-x86_64/floppy.h
index af7ded63b517..52825ce689f2 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/floppy.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/floppy.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ static int fd_request_irq(void)
 
 static unsigned long dma_mem_alloc(unsigned long size)
 {
-	return __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL,get_order(size));
+	return __get_dma_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NORETRY,get_order(size));
 }