mutex_trylock(&z_pagemap_global_lock))
                pages = z_pagemap_global;
        else {
-repeat:
+               gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_KERNEL;
+
+               if (nr_pages > Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES)
+                       gfp_flags |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
                pages = kvmalloc_array(nr_pages, sizeof(struct page *),
-                                      GFP_KERNEL);
+                                      gfp_flags);
 
                /* fallback to global pagemap for the lowmem scenario */
                if (unlikely(!pages)) {
-                       if (nr_pages > Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES)
-                               goto repeat;
-                       else {
-                               mutex_lock(&z_pagemap_global_lock);
-                               pages = z_pagemap_global;
-                       }
+                       mutex_lock(&z_pagemap_global_lock);
+                       pages = z_pagemap_global;
                }
        }