diff --git a/sys/geom/concat/g_concat.c b/sys/geom/concat/g_concat.c
index 323484cb0dd1..c610684bf9d7 100644
--- a/sys/geom/concat/g_concat.c
+++ b/sys/geom/concat/g_concat.c
@@ -450,14 +450,7 @@ g_concat_create(struct g_class *mp, const struct g_concat_metadata *md,
 	gp = g_new_geomf(mp, "%s.concat", md->md_name);
 	gp->softc = NULL;	/* for a moment */
 
-	sc = malloc(sizeof(*sc), M_CONCAT, M_NOWAIT | M_ZERO);
-	if (sc == NULL) {
-		G_CONCAT_DEBUG(0, "Can't allocate memory for device %s.",
-		    gp->name);
-		g_destroy_geom(gp);
-		return (NULL);
-	}
-
+	sc = malloc(sizeof(*sc), M_CONCAT, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
 	gp->start = g_concat_start;
 	gp->spoiled = g_concat_orphan;
 	gp->orphan = g_concat_orphan;