diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 23f5066bd4a5..eaa227a479e4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5103,6 +5103,11 @@ refill:
 		if (!page_ref_sub_and_test(page, nc->pagecnt_bias))
 			goto refill;
 
+		if (unlikely(nc->pfmemalloc)) {
+			free_the_page(page, compound_order(page));
+			goto refill;
+		}
+
 #if (PAGE_SIZE < PAGE_FRAG_CACHE_MAX_SIZE)
 		/* if size can vary use size else just use PAGE_SIZE */
 		size = nc->size;