diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index f624c4d4a393cba940d14ea98c6e64976505f549..70bd5464ffdf3d79060a8ec41976778477fab3b0 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ cifs_write_allocate_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long num_pages)
 	unsigned long i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++) {
-		pages[i] = alloc_page(__GFP_HIGHMEM);
+		pages[i] = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_HIGHMEM);
 		if (!pages[i]) {
 			/*
 			 * save number of pages we have already allocated and
@@ -2053,15 +2053,14 @@ cifs_write_allocate_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned long num_pages)
 			 */
 			num_pages = i;
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
-			goto error;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return rc;
-
-error:
-	for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
-		put_page(pages[i]);
+	if (rc) {
+		for (i = 0; i < num_pages; i++)
+			put_page(pages[i]);
+	}
 	return rc;
 }