diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 3aed38886f94..bfec7c29486d 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ static void fill_balloon(struct virtio_balloon *vb, size_t num)
 	num = min(num, ARRAY_SIZE(vb->pfns));
 
 	for (vb->num_pfns = 0; vb->num_pfns < num; vb->num_pfns++) {
-		struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_NORETRY);
+		struct page *page = alloc_page(GFP_HIGHUSER | __GFP_NORETRY |
+					__GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!page) {
 			if (printk_ratelimit())
 				dev_printk(KERN_INFO, &vb->vdev->dev,