diff --git a/include/sys/kmem.h b/include/sys/kmem.h
index 828481070..ef401ade4 100644
--- a/include/sys/kmem.h
+++ b/include/sys/kmem.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /*
  * Memory allocation interfaces
  */
-#define KM_SLEEP                        GFP_KERNEL
+#define KM_SLEEP                        (GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL)
 #define KM_NOSLEEP                      GFP_ATOMIC
 #undef  KM_PANIC                        /* No linux analog */
 #define KM_PUSHPAGE                     (KM_SLEEP | __GFP_HIGH)