diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
index dae3f28..331f2e8 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	do {
-		if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(&ih->idr, GFP_KERNEL)))
+		if (unlikely(!idr_pre_get(&ih->idr, GFP_NOFS)))
 			return -ENOSPC;
 		ret = idr_get_new_above(&ih->idr, watch, ih->last_wd+1, &watch->wd);
 	} while (ret == -EAGAIN);