diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
index 7f3c9ac34bd8d11d8bc9b3cf22a58a634f9c90ae..9df3b4d647242c674b88d902f4d04ec831b0c873 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_LIMIT (1UL<<31)
 
 /* Allocate control page with GFP_DMA */
-#define KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_GFP GFP_DMA
+#define KEXEC_CONTROL_MEMORY_GFP (GFP_DMA | __GFP_NORETRY)
 
 /* Maximum address we can use for the crash control pages */
 #define KEXEC_CRASH_CONTROL_MEMORY_LIMIT (-1UL)