diff --git a/security/selinux/avc.c b/security/selinux/avc.c
index 68d82daed257..4d3fab47e643 100644
--- a/security/selinux/avc.c
+++ b/security/selinux/avc.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static struct avc_node *avc_alloc_node(void)
 {
 	struct avc_node *node;
 
-	node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	node = kmem_cache_zalloc(avc_node_cachep, GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOMEMALLOC);
 	if (!node)
 		goto out;