diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c
index 7cf316644f..dcbccfefb9 100644
--- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c
+++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/drivers/xen/blkfront/blkfront.c
@@ -726,8 +726,7 @@ static void blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	int j;
 
 	/* Stage 1: Make a safe copy of the shadow state. */
-	copy = kmalloc(sizeof(info->shadow), GFP_KERNEL);
-	BUG_ON(copy == NULL);
+	copy = kmalloc(sizeof(info->shadow), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	memcpy(copy, info->shadow, sizeof(info->shadow));
 
 	/* Stage 2: Set up free list. */