diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 2adf81d81fca4237f6c911211a0d5b0dc21546d1..2c7ca258c4e47ac3ab005752983925413c56cd61 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 	if (!dmi) {
 		unsigned noio_flag;
 		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
-		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
+		dmi = __vmalloc(param_kernel->data_size, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH | __GFP_HIGHMEM, PAGE_KERNEL);
 		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
 		if (dmi)
 			*param_flags |= DM_PARAMS_VMALLOC;