diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
index 4e414417730b..d2abf5143983 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void agp_alloc_page_array(size_t size, struct agp_memory *mem)
 	mem->pages = NULL;
 
 	if (size <= 2*PAGE_SIZE)
-		mem->pages = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
+		mem->pages = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (mem->pages == NULL) {
 		mem->pages = vmalloc(size);
 	}