diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
index 636446003a06225f2bdb9899fa112d6936e60fbf..263075a1af36078934ee678e9dd193a8a43650f7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ static debug_entry_t ***debug_areas_alloc(int pages_per_area, int nr_areas)
 	if (!areas)
 		goto fail_malloc_areas;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_areas; i++) {
+		/* GFP_NOWARN to avoid user triggerable WARN, we handle fails */
 		areas[i] = kmalloc_array(pages_per_area,
 					 sizeof(debug_entry_t *),
-					 GFP_KERNEL);
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!areas[i])
 			goto fail_malloc_areas2;
 		for (j = 0; j < pages_per_area; j++) {