diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
index a713d081b59c..e3963f52aaea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/numa.c
@@ -213,10 +213,9 @@ static void __init setup_node_data(int nid, u64 start, u64 end)
 	 * Allocate node data.  Try node-local memory and then any node.
 	 * Never allocate in DMA zone.
 	 */
-	nd_pa = memblock_alloc_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
+	nd_pa = memblock_alloc_try_nid(nd_size, SMP_CACHE_BYTES, nid);
 	if (!nd_pa) {
-		pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in node %d\n",
-		       nd_size, nid);
+		pr_err("Cannot find %zu bytes in any node\n", nd_size);
 		return;
 	}
 	nd = __va(nd_pa);