diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_gem_object.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_gem_object.c
index a768ec61e966..2fb501a78a85 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_gem_object.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/selftests/huge_gem_object.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void huge_free_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj,
 
 static int huge_get_pages(struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj)
 {
-#define GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY)
+#define GFP (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL)
 	const unsigned long nreal = obj->scratch / PAGE_SIZE;
 	const unsigned long npages = obj->base.size / PAGE_SIZE;
 	struct scatterlist *sg, *src, *end;