diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 01e6b614839d..10a8c6da385f 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2247,6 +2247,10 @@ __alloc_pages_nodemask(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 
 	if (should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_mask, order))
 		return NULL;
+#ifndef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(gfp_mask & __GFP_DMA))
+		return NULL;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Check the zones suitable for the gfp_mask contain at least one