diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 8afab64814dc..94a2ffe28008 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -2893,12 +2893,12 @@ struct page *rmqueue_buddy(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *zone,
 			page = __rmqueue(zone, order, migratetype, alloc_flags);
 
 			/*
-			 * If the allocation fails, allow OOM handling access
-			 * to HIGHATOMIC reserves as failing now is worse than
-			 * failing a high-order atomic allocation in the
-			 * future.
+			 * If the allocation fails, allow OOM handling and
+			 * order-0 (atomic) allocs access to HIGHATOMIC
+			 * reserves as failing now is worse than failing a
+			 * high-order atomic allocation in the future.
 			 */
-			if (!page && (alloc_flags & ALLOC_OOM))
+			if (!page && (alloc_flags & (ALLOC_OOM|ALLOC_NON_BLOCK)))
 				page = __rmqueue_smallest(zone, order, MIGRATE_HIGHATOMIC);
 
 			if (!page) {