diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index fb91c566327c..e4efda1158b2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4683,11 +4683,6 @@ __alloc_pages_slowpath(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	int reserve_flags;
 
 	if (unlikely(nofail)) {
-		/*
-		 * We most definitely don't want callers attempting to
-		 * allocate greater than order-1 page units with __GFP_NOFAIL.
-		 */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(order > 1);
 		/*
 		 * Also we don't support __GFP_NOFAIL without __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM,
 		 * otherwise, we may result in lockup.