diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -4717,7 +4717,7 @@
 
 	pflags = allocflags &
 	    ~(VM_ALLOC_NOWAIT | VM_ALLOC_WAITOK | VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL |
-	    VM_ALLOC_NOBUSY | VM_ALLOC_IGN_SBUSY);
+	    VM_ALLOC_NOBUSY | VM_ALLOC_IGN_SBUSY | VM_ALLOC_NOCREAT);
 	if ((allocflags & VM_ALLOC_NOWAIT) == 0)
 		pflags |= VM_ALLOC_WAITFAIL;
 	if ((allocflags & VM_ALLOC_IGN_SBUSY) != 0)