if (group % EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) == 0) {
                metalen = sizeof(*meta_group_info) <<
                        EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb);
-               meta_group_info = kmalloc(metalen, GFP_KERNEL);
+               meta_group_info = kmalloc(metalen, GFP_NOFS);
                if (meta_group_info == NULL) {
                        ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't allocate mem "
                                 "for a buddy group");
                sbi->s_group_info[group >> EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK_BITS(sb)];
        i = group & (EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1);
 
-       meta_group_info[i] = kmem_cache_zalloc(cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+       meta_group_info[i] = kmem_cache_zalloc(cachep, GFP_NOFS);
        if (meta_group_info[i] == NULL) {
                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't allocate buddy mem");
                goto exit_group_info;
        {
                struct buffer_head *bh;
                meta_group_info[i]->bb_bitmap =
-                       kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+                       kmalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
                BUG_ON(meta_group_info[i]->bb_bitmap == NULL);
                bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
                BUG_ON(bh == NULL);
 
        struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
        ext4_group_t i, ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
        ext4_fsblk_t overhead = 0;
-       char *buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+       char *buf = (char *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOFS);
 
        if (!buf)
                return -ENOMEM;