diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
index bd8fa1a1837..35dbe3e2a43 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #define	__GFP_NOWARN	0
 #define	__GFP_HIGHMEM	0
 #define	__GFP_ZERO	M_ZERO
-#define	__GFP_NORETRY	0
 #define	__GFP_NOMEMALLOC 0
 #define	__GFP_RECLAIM   0
 #define	__GFP_RECLAIMABLE   0
@@ -57,7 +56,8 @@
 #define	__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM	0
 #define	__GFP_WAIT	M_WAITOK
 #define	__GFP_DMA32	(1U << 24) /* LinuxKPI only */
-#define	__GFP_BITS_SHIFT 25
+#define	__GFP_NORETRY	(1U << 25) /* LinuxKPI only */
+#define	__GFP_BITS_SHIFT 26
 #define	__GFP_BITS_MASK	((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)
 #define	__GFP_NOFAIL	M_WAITOK
 
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
index bece8c954bf..b5a0d34a6ad 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_page.c
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ linux_alloc_pages(gfp_t flags, unsigned int order)
 			page = vm_page_alloc_noobj_contig(req, npages, 0, pmax,
 			    PAGE_SIZE, 0, VM_MEMATTR_DEFAULT);
 			if (page == NULL) {
-				if (flags & M_WAITOK) {
+				if ((flags & (M_WAITOK | __GFP_NORETRY)) ==
+				    M_WAITOK) {
 					int err = vm_page_reclaim_contig(req,
 					    npages, 0, pmax, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 					if (err == ENOMEM)