diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 3e8683dbb13..a99d46f3b26 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ ext2_xattr_cache_insert(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 	int error;
 
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext2_xattr_cache);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext2_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	error = mb_cache_entry_insert(ce, bh->b_bdev, bh->b_blocknr, &hash);
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index a6ea4d6a8bb..42856541e9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ ext3_xattr_cache_insert(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 	int error;
 
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext3_xattr_cache);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext3_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce) {
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index d7962139c01..e9054c1c7d9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ ext4_xattr_cache_insert(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 	int error;
 
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext4_xattr_cache);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext4_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce) {
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index eb31b73e7d6..ec88ff3d04a 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *cache)
  * if no more memory was available.
  */
 struct mb_cache_entry *
-mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *cache)
+mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *cache, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, gfp_flags);
 	if (ce) {
 		atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_lru_list);
diff --git a/include/linux/mbcache.h b/include/linux/mbcache.h
index 99e044b4efc..a09b84e4fdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/mbcache.h
+++ b/include/linux/mbcache.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ void mb_cache_destroy(struct mb_cache *);
 
 /* Functions on cache entries */
 
-struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *);
+struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *, gfp_t);
 int mb_cache_entry_insert(struct mb_cache_entry *, struct block_device *,
 			  sector_t, unsigned int[]);
 void mb_cache_entry_release(struct mb_cache_entry *);