diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index a69378d901faf5ed2a9783f97f84aa869856d878..4e700804a01dd49c29419bf3a96cd725a6ed5c4d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -638,6 +638,12 @@ int rb_alloc_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * kcalloc_node() is unable to allocate buffer if the size is larger
+	 * than: PAGE_SIZE << MAX_ORDER; directly bail out in this case.
+	 */
+	if (get_order((unsigned long)nr_pages * sizeof(void *)) > MAX_ORDER)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	rb->aux_pages = kcalloc_node(nr_pages, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL,
 				     node);
 	if (!rb->aux_pages)