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diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 0bd4d82ddfff..3da85b81dabb 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1350,6 +1350,10 @@ nofail_alloc:
 		if (page)
 			goto got_pg;
 
+		/* The OOM killer will not help higher order allocs so fail */
+		if (order > PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER)
+			goto nopage;
+
 		out_of_memory(zonelist, gfp_mask, order);
 		goto restart;
 	}