1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index fb89c299bece..a6ea4d6a8bb2 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ ext3_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;
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ ext3_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)