diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f66a4a49ee0bc..f13d3ead95f25 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ __rmqueue_fallback(struct zone *zone, int order, int start_migratetype,
 	 * i.e. orders < pageblock_order. If there are no local zones free,
 	 * the zonelists will be reiterated without ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT.
 	 */
-	if (alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT)
+	if (order < pageblock_order && alloc_flags & ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT)
 		min_order = pageblock_order;
 
 	/*