diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_glue.c b/sys/vm/vm_glue.c
index c552cb7..1c6b6e1 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_glue.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_glue.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <vm/vm_extern.h>
 #include <vm/vm_pager.h>
 #include <vm/swap_pager.h>
+#include <vm/uma.h>
 
 /*
  * System initialization
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ vm_thread_new(struct thread *td, int pages)
 	vm_offset_t ks;
 	vm_page_t m, ma[KSTACK_MAX_PAGES];
 	struct kstack_cache_entry *ks_ce;
-	int i;
+	int i, retry_count;
 
 	/* Bounds check */
 	if (pages <= 1)
@@ -388,7 +389,9 @@ vm_thread_new(struct thread *td, int pages)
 	 * Allocate an object for the kstack.
 	 */
 	ksobj = vm_object_allocate(OBJT_DEFAULT, pages);
-	
+	retry_count = 0;
+
+retry:	
 	/*
 	 * Get a kernel virtual address for this thread's kstack.
 	 */
@@ -404,6 +407,12 @@ vm_thread_new(struct thread *td, int pages)
 	   (pages + KSTACK_GUARD_PAGES) * PAGE_SIZE);
 #endif
 	if (ks == 0) {
+		if (retry_count < 7) {
+			EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(vm_lowmem, 0);
+			uma_reclaim();
+			retry_count++;
+			goto retry;
+		}
 		printf("vm_thread_new: kstack allocation failed\n");
 		vm_object_deallocate(ksobj);
 		return (0);