diff --git a/mm/kmemleak-test.c b/mm/kmemleak-test.c
index 177a5169bbde178323974f027940957a9b4fa4a9..ff0d9779cec8060fe9a161dd278943a39c29f58e 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak-test.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak-test.c
@@ -75,13 +75,11 @@ static int __init kmemleak_test_init(void)
 	 * after the module is removed.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-		elem = kmalloc(sizeof(*elem), GFP_KERNEL);
-		pr_info("kmemleak: kmalloc(sizeof(*elem)) = %p\n", elem);
+		elem = kzalloc(sizeof(*elem), GFP_KERNEL);
+		pr_info("kmemleak: kzalloc(sizeof(*elem)) = %p\n", elem);
 		if (!elem)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		memset(elem, 0, sizeof(*elem));
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elem->list);
-
 		list_add_tail(&elem->list, &test_list);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index bd9bc214091b39b23c7b61182c81d17e2da7bf71..84225f3b71905ba8a2aa639a3007486b97715db1 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@
 #define BYTES_PER_POINTER	sizeof(void *)
 
 /* GFP bitmask for kmemleak internal allocations */
-#define GFP_KMEMLEAK_MASK	(GFP_KERNEL | GFP_ATOMIC)
+#define gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp)	(((gfp) & (GFP_KERNEL | GFP_ATOMIC)) | \
+				 __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | \
+				 __GFP_NOWARN)
 
 /* scanning area inside a memory block */
 struct kmemleak_scan_area {
@@ -511,9 +513,10 @@ static struct kmemleak_object *create_object(unsigned long ptr, size_t size,
 	struct kmemleak_object *object;
 	struct prio_tree_node *node;
 
-	object = kmem_cache_alloc(object_cache, gfp & GFP_KMEMLEAK_MASK);
+	object = kmem_cache_alloc(object_cache, gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp));
 	if (!object) {
-		kmemleak_stop("Cannot allocate a kmemleak_object structure\n");
+		pr_warning("Cannot allocate a kmemleak_object structure\n");
+		kmemleak_disable();
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -734,9 +737,9 @@ static void add_scan_area(unsigned long ptr, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	area = kmem_cache_alloc(scan_area_cache, gfp & GFP_KMEMLEAK_MASK);
+	area = kmem_cache_alloc(scan_area_cache, gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp));
 	if (!area) {
-		kmemleak_warn("Cannot allocate a scan area\n");
+		pr_warning("Cannot allocate a scan area\n");
 		goto out;
 	}