diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 6e2985e0a7b9..bb47d08c8ef7 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT|__GFP_ZERO,
-					PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = (pte_t *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, PTE_ORDER);
 
 	return pte;
 }
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	struct page *pte;
 
-	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, PTE_ORDER);
+	pte = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PTE_ORDER);
 	if (pte) {
 		if (!pgtable_page_ctor(pte)) {
 			__free_page(pte);