diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index c5ae6a878b8e..e01602134759 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2779,9 +2779,6 @@ retry:
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL)
 		goto nomem;
 
-	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)
-		goto force;
-
 	if (fatal_signal_pending(current))
 		goto force;