diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 161b628ab2b0..edcc1e19ad53 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *netlink_trim(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation)
 		skb = nskb;
 	}
 
-	if (!pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta, allocation))
+	if (!pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, -delta,
+			      (allocation & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
+			      __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY))
 		skb->truesize -= delta;
 
 	return skb;