diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 754a00e2828b..9ae14c59777e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ ib_uverbs_unmarshall_recv(struct uverbs_req_iter *iter, u32 wr_count,
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
-	user_wr = kmalloc(wqe_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	user_wr = kmalloc(wqe_size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!user_wr)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);