diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_nbuf.h b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_nbuf.h
index ee065f1606..442d372784 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_nbuf.h
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/i_qdf_nbuf.h
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ __qdf_nbuf_t __qdf_nbuf_alloc_ppe_ds(__qdf_device_t osdev, size_t size,
  * unaligned will result in an unaligned address.
  * It will call into kernel page fragment APIs, long time keeping for scattered
  * allocations should be considered for avoidance.
+ * This also brings in more probability of page frag allocation failures during
+ * low memory situation. In case of page frag allocation failure, fallback to
+ * non-frag slab allocations.
  *
  * Return: nbuf or %NULL if no memory
  */
diff --git a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
index 29ba4477f9..4d21c366cf 100644
--- a/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
+++ b/qdf/linux/src/qdf_nbuf.c
@@ -647,7 +647,11 @@ struct sk_buff *__qdf_nbuf_frag_alloc(qdf_device_t osdev, size_t size,
 	}
 
 	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, size, flags);
+	if (skb)
+		goto skb_alloc;
 
+	/* 32k page frag alloc failed, try page slab allocation */
+	skb = alloc_skb(size, flags);
 	if (skb)
 		goto skb_alloc;