diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index d0d8397c9588..aecadd471e1d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -1178,12 +1178,7 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	if (sz < sizeof(*info) || sz >= XT_MAX_TABLE_SIZE)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* __GFP_NORETRY is not fully supported by kvmalloc but it should
-	 * work reasonably well if sz is too large and bail out rather
-	 * than shoot all processes down before realizing there is nothing
-	 * more to reclaim.
-	 */
-	info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
+	info = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!info)
 		return NULL;