diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index a8bae8cd1d5de707c9a8772464ca4ecaa93044ed..cc92624a46a282bd83a338e8ba1792d161ee19b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ext4_acl_from_disk(const void *value, size_t size)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	if (count == 0)
 		return NULL;
-	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	for (n=0; n < count; n++) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ext4_acl_to_disk(const struct posix_acl *acl, size_t *size)
 
 	*size = ext4_acl_size(acl->a_count);
 	ext_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(ext4_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-			sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(ext4_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ext_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(EXT4_ACL_VERSION);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ ext4_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 	}
 	retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", NULL, 0);
 	if (retval > 0) {
-		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_KERNEL);
+		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!value)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		retval = ext4_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", value, retval);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+		clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_NOFS);
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (!clone)
 			goto cleanup;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 1c8aab4dad23a9fb01f2eebfb55f345ebfcdec2d..4e6afc812fda50507b91bf00c41a39dbd4138eda 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
 	 * We start scanning from right side, freeing all the blocks
 	 * after i_size and walking into the tree depth-wise.
 	 */
-	path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+	path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (path == NULL) {
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 3e0f5d06f3ee9ef5777c8ec9449fc1bd9c2f3fee..0ca63dcbdf88d421b3e82baa908a6c5fd7cbacb7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		goto exit_dindj;
 
 	n_group_desc = kmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-			GFP_KERNEL);
+			GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ext4_warning(sb, __func__,
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int reserve_backup_gdb(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	int res, i;
 	int err;
 
-	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_KERNEL);
+	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!primary)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index f56598df6880cfc05ba334cf16ccc51d1f0ce755..df4810d5a3874a3b720faa3e487fa3b26b8d0510 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				ce = NULL;
 			}
 			ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "cloning");
-			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
 			error = -ENOMEM;
 			if (s->base == NULL)
 				goto cleanup;
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
 		/* assert(header == s->base) */
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (s->base == NULL)