diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b33825148b7e..1699e313496d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3fd306c85adcde7209281cb663dd8ea247e97cc3
+refs/heads/master: 6d994a7e42ab219ba3c10d5ffccf20990252881e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/trunk/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index 053d36caf955..6983d80563cb 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
 	gfp_t flags;
 	unsigned int hv_status;
 	bool locked = false;
+	flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
 
 	do {
 		if (!can_sleep)
@@ -419,7 +420,6 @@ static int vmballoon_reserve_page(struct vmballoon *b, bool can_sleep)
 		else
 			STATS_INC(b->stats.sleep_alloc);
 
-		flags = can_sleep ? VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_CANSLEEP : VMW_PAGE_ALLOC_NOSLEEP;
 		page = alloc_page(flags);
 		if (!page) {
 			if (!can_sleep)