diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 6b208b1843bf0..d9acd86fa7611 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -8696,7 +8696,7 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(struct compact_control *cc,
 			}
 			tries = 0;
 		} else if (++tries == 5) {
-			ret = ret < 0 ? ret : -EBUSY;
+			ret = -EBUSY;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -8706,6 +8706,13 @@ static int __alloc_contig_migrate_range(struct compact_control *cc,
 
 		ret = migrate_pages(&cc->migratepages, alloc_migration_target,
 				NULL, (unsigned long)&mtc, cc->mode, MR_CONTIG_RANGE);
+
+		/*
+		 * On -ENOMEM, migrate_pages() bails out right away. It is pointless
+		 * to retry again over this error, so do the same here.
+		 */
+		if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+			break;
 	}
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		alloc_contig_dump_pages(&cc->migratepages);