diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index 07f7a92fe88e5cc69be0d8db0ce498a2d81aaf31..e0f7c1241a6adb60e03034bb118586407a24e37c 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -364,22 +364,20 @@ static int inotify_add_to_idr(struct idr *idr, spinlock_t *idr_lock,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	do {
-		if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(idr, GFP_KERNEL)))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+	idr_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+	spin_lock(idr_lock);
 
-		spin_lock(idr_lock);
-		ret = idr_get_new_above(idr, i_mark, *last_wd + 1,
-					&i_mark->wd);
+	ret = idr_alloc(idr, i_mark, *last_wd + 1, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	if (ret >= 0) {
 		/* we added the mark to the idr, take a reference */
-		if (!ret) {
-			*last_wd = i_mark->wd;
-			fsnotify_get_mark(&i_mark->fsn_mark);
-		}
-		spin_unlock(idr_lock);
-	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);
+		i_mark->wd = ret;
+		*last_wd = i_mark->wd;
+		fsnotify_get_mark(&i_mark->fsn_mark);
+	}
 
-	return ret;
+	spin_unlock(idr_lock);
+	idr_preload_end();
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 }
 
 static struct inotify_inode_mark *inotify_idr_find_locked(struct fsnotify_group *group,