diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 2dbb2fc68837e5fa0cf5db4d497370cd37a8d5e9..d052abbe3063d883876e3b1c28f0e165e3f46971 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1745,8 +1745,10 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	 * be using allocators in order of preference for an area that is
 	 * too large.
 	 */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(order >= MAX_ORDER))
+	if (order >= MAX_ORDER) {
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN));
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * GFP_THISNODE (meaning __GFP_THISNODE, __GFP_NORETRY and