diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/pgd.c b/arch/arm/mm/pgd.c
index 1046b373d1ae..249379535be2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/pgd.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/pgd.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #define __pgd_alloc()	kmalloc(PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t), GFP_KERNEL)
 #define __pgd_free(pgd)	kfree(pgd)
 #else
-#define __pgd_alloc()	(pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 2)
+#define __pgd_alloc()	(pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_REPEAT, 2)
 #define __pgd_free(pgd)	free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, 2)
 #endif