diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 37317ffec146..26d848484912 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5270,7 +5270,6 @@ struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_with_frags(unsigned long header_len,
 	unsigned long chunk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct page *page;
-	gfp_t gfp_head;
 	int i;
 
 	*errcode = -EMSGSIZE;
@@ -5280,12 +5279,8 @@ struct sk_buff *alloc_skb_with_frags(unsigned long header_len,
 	if (npages > MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
 		return NULL;
 
-	gfp_head = gfp_mask;
-	if (gfp_head & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM)
-		gfp_head |= __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL;
-
 	*errcode = -ENOBUFS;
-	skb = alloc_skb(header_len, gfp_head);
+	skb = alloc_skb(header_len, gfp_mask);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;