diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 2c37c67ed8c9..bbf953eeb58b 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ static struct page *alloc_fresh_huge_page_node(int nid)
 	struct page *page;
 
 	page = alloc_pages_node(nid,
-		htlb_alloc_mask|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_THISNODE|__GFP_NOWARN,
+		htlb_alloc_mask|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_THISNODE|
+						__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN,
 		HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
 	if (page) {
 		if (arch_prepare_hugepage(page)) {
@@ -294,7 +295,8 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
-	page = alloc_pages(htlb_alloc_mask|__GFP_COMP|__GFP_NOWARN,
+	page = alloc_pages(htlb_alloc_mask|__GFP_COMP|
+					__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_NOWARN,
 					HUGETLB_PAGE_ORDER);
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);