1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
index 44920b90bdc4..46b2647c5bd2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_unix.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ unx_create_cred(struct rpc_auth *auth, struct auth_cred *acred, int flags)
         dprintk("RPC:       allocating UNIX cred for uid %d gid %d\n",
                         acred->uid, acred->gid);
 
-        if (!(cred = kmalloc(sizeof(*cred), GFP_KERNEL)))
+        if (!(cred = kmalloc(sizeof(*cred), GFP_NOFS)))
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         rpcauth_init_cred(&cred->uc_base, acred, auth, &unix_credops);