diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index ddb3e05bc5fcd1..18f29de88fda22 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,
 	vm = false;
 	if (_payload) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL);
+		payload = kmalloc(plen, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!payload) {
 			if (plen <= PAGE_SIZE)
 				goto error2;