diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
index aae938368230..bb4eee31ae08 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-davinci.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ int __init davinci_timer_register(struct clk *clk,
 	davinci_timer_init(base);
 	tick_rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
 
-	clockevent = kzalloc(sizeof(*clockevent), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+	clockevent = kzalloc(sizeof(*clockevent), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!clockevent)
 		return -ENOMEM;