diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index 4601fc2..1a5c690 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	ctxt.new_ent = kmem_cache_alloc(ocfs2_em_ent_cachep,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ctxt.new_ent) {
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -583,14 +583,14 @@
 		if (ctxt.need_left && !ctxt.left_ent) {
 			ctxt.left_ent =
 				kmem_cache_alloc(ocfs2_em_ent_cachep,
-						 GFP_KERNEL);
+						 GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!ctxt.left_ent)
 				break;
 		}
 		if (ctxt.need_right && !ctxt.right_ent) {
 			ctxt.right_ent =
 				kmem_cache_alloc(ocfs2_em_ent_cachep,
-						 GFP_KERNEL);
+						 GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!ctxt.right_ent)
 				break;
 		}