1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.c b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
index dcae2aa83f13..3a9ef526c308 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ int gfs2_readlinki(struct gfs2_inode *ip, char **buf, unsigned int *len)
 
         x = ip->i_di.di_size + 1;
         if (x > *len) {
-                *buf = kmalloc(x, GFP_KERNEL);
+                *buf = kmalloc(x, GFP_NOFS);
                 if (!*buf) {
                         error = -ENOMEM;
                         goto out_brelse;