diff --git a/include/linux/nodemask.h b/include/linux/nodemask.h
index cbd521a0312..454997cccbd 100644
--- a/include/linux/nodemask.h
+++ b/include/linux/nodemask.h
@@ -485,15 +485,17 @@ static inline int num_node_state(enum node_states state)
 #define for_each_online_node(node) for_each_node_state(node, N_ONLINE)
 
 /*
- * For nodemask scrach area.(See CPUMASK_ALLOC() in cpumask.h)
- * NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m) allocates an object of type 'x' with the name 'm'.
+ * For nodemask scrach area.
+ * NODEMASK_ALLOC(type, name) allocates an object with a specified type and
+ * name.
  */
-#if NODES_SHIFT > 8 /* nodemask_t > 64 bytes */
-#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m)		x *m = kmalloc(sizeof(*m), GFP_KERNEL)
-#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)		kfree(m)
+#if NODES_SHIFT > 8 /* nodemask_t > 256 bytes */
+#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(type, name, gfp_flags)	\
+			type *name = kmalloc(sizeof(*name), gfp_flags)
+#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)			kfree(m)
 #else
-#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(x, m)		x _m, *m = &_m
-#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)		do {} while (0)
+#define NODEMASK_ALLOC(type, name, gfp_flags)	type _name, *name = &_name
+#define NODEMASK_FREE(m)			do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
 /* A example struture for using NODEMASK_ALLOC, used in mempolicy. */
@@ -502,8 +504,9 @@ struct nodemask_scratch {
 	nodemask_t	mask2;
 };
 
-#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH(x)	\
-		NODEMASK_ALLOC(struct nodemask_scratch, x)
+#define NODEMASK_SCRATCH(x)						\
+			NODEMASK_ALLOC(struct nodemask_scratch, x,	\
+					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY)
 #define NODEMASK_SCRATCH_FREE(x)	NODEMASK_FREE(x)
 
 
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b4a263512cb..450493d2557 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static ssize_t nr_hugepages_store_common(bool obey_mempolicy,
 	int nid;
 	unsigned long count;
 	struct hstate *h;
-	NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed);
+	NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
 
 	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &count);
 	if (err)
@@ -1857,7 +1857,8 @@ static int hugetlb_sysctl_handler_common(bool obey_mempolicy,
 	proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
 
 	if (write) {
-		NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed);
+		NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed,
+						GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
 		if (!(obey_mempolicy &&
 			       init_nodemask_of_mempolicy(nodes_allowed))) {
 			NODEMASK_FREE(nodes_allowed);