diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index 995f78532cc23d8868e9d6dff6c8e65d3f0e519b..2776bad61094dce94b2ae2d7f4cf33ced8fd22cd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct page *page_table_alloc_pgste(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	struct page *page;
 	unsigned long *table;
 
-	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (page) {
 		table = (unsigned long *) page_to_phys(page);
 		clear_table(table, _PAGE_INVALID, PAGE_SIZE/2);