1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index bed766e435b5..1634319e2404 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static struct inotify_kernel_event * kernel_event(s32 wd, u32 mask, u32 cookie,
                                 rem = 0;
                 }
 
-                kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_KERNEL);
+                kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_NOFS);
                 if (unlikely(!kevent->name)) {
                         kmem_cache_free(event_cachep, kevent);
                         return NULL;