diff --git a/mm/bootmem.c b/mm/bootmem.c
index bafeb2c171c..b5babdfb9ef 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem.c
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ static void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 {
 	void *ptr;
 
+again:
 	ptr = alloc_arch_preferred_bootmem(bdata, size, align, goal, limit);
 	if (ptr)
 		return ptr;
@@ -712,7 +713,18 @@ static void * __init ___alloc_bootmem_node(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
 	if (ptr)
 		return ptr;
 
-	return ___alloc_bootmem(size, align, goal, limit);
+	ptr = alloc_bootmem_core(size, align, goal, limit);
+	if (ptr)
+		return ptr;
+
+	if (goal) {
+		goal = 0;
+		goto again;
+	}
+
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "bootmem alloc of %lu bytes failed!\n", size);
+	panic("Out of memory");
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**