diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index 00d7946b8220..54c1d500ab4a 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_destpages(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
 			victim = availables[--top];
 			get_page(victim);
 		} else {
-			victim = erofs_allocpage(pagepool, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!victim)
-				return -ENOMEM;
+			victim = erofs_allocpage(pagepool,
+						 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 			set_page_private(victim, Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE);
 		}
 		rq->out[i] = victim;