diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 1b46e6e74881..6afae32571ca 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	}
 
 	if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) {
-		if (nonblocking)
+		if (nonblocking && !(fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_RETRY_NOWAIT))
 			*nonblocking = 0;
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
@@ -890,7 +890,10 @@ static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				break;
 		}
 		if (*locked) {
-			/* VM_FAULT_RETRY didn't trigger */
+			/*
+			 * VM_FAULT_RETRY didn't trigger or it was a
+			 * FOLL_NOWAIT.
+			 */
 			if (!pages_done)
 				pages_done = ret;
 			break;