diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index e8b5962ac12ab8035797829f6940b9c1c7cfe227..e2565d2d0c32edeea01c61de92127c8666e7a305 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 			return table;
 	}
 	/* Allocate a fresh page */
-	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
 	if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {