diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
index bb46e7a0f1b5..0ca996e6fd5c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vq.c
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ virtio_gpu_get_vbuf(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 {
 	struct virtio_gpu_vbuffer *vbuf;
 
-	vbuf = kmem_cache_zalloc(vgdev->vbufs, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!vbuf)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	vbuf = kmem_cache_zalloc(vgdev->vbufs, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	BUG_ON(size > MAX_INLINE_CMD_SIZE);
 	vbuf->buf = (void *)vbuf + sizeof(*vbuf);
@@ -142,10 +140,6 @@ static void *virtio_gpu_alloc_cmd_resp(struct virtio_gpu_device *vgdev,
 
 	vbuf = virtio_gpu_get_vbuf(vgdev, cmd_size,
 				   resp_size, resp_buf, cb);
-	if (IS_ERR(vbuf)) {
-		*vbuffer_p = NULL;
-		return ERR_CAST(vbuf);
-	}
 	*vbuffer_p = vbuf;
 	return (struct virtio_gpu_command *)vbuf->buf;
 }