diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
index 4c73a67636692cad28d089e3f491c61b0353c611..f813caa80570901123fe90cd2b5ef6fd882f9b28 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/uncached.c
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static int uncached_add_chunk(struct uncached_pool *uc_pool, int nid)
 
 	/* attempt to allocate a granule's worth of cached memory pages */
 
-	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO |
+				 __GFP_THISNODE | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN,
 				IA64_GRANULE_SHIFT-PAGE_SHIFT);
 	if (!page) {
 		mutex_unlock(&uc_pool->add_chunk_mutex);