diff --git a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c b/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
index 411de8b361b2..f8c642d6c205 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/malloc.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void jffs2_free_node_frag(struct jffs2_node_frag *x)
 struct jffs2_inode_cache *jffs2_alloc_inode_cache(void)
 {
 	struct jffs2_inode_cache *ret;
-	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(inode_cache_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = kmem_cache_alloc(inode_cache_slab, GFP_NOFS);
 	dbg_memalloc("%p\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }