diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 5804466..179d7d8 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -2377,10 +2377,8 @@
 	if (!ret) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "out of memory for journal_head\n");
 		pr_notice_ratelimited("ENOMEM in %s, retrying.\n", __func__);
-		while (!ret) {
-			yield();
-			ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache, GFP_NOFS);
-		}
+		ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(jbd2_journal_head_cache,
+				GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
index 14214da..0abf2e7f7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
@@ -141,11 +141,13 @@
 {
 	struct list_head *hash_list;
 	struct jbd2_revoke_record_s *record;
+	gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_NOFS;
 
-repeat:
-	record = kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_revoke_record_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (journal_oom_retry)
+		gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+	record = kmem_cache_alloc(jbd2_revoke_record_cache, gfp_mask);
 	if (!record)
-		goto oom;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	record->sequence = seq;
 	record->blocknr = blocknr;
@@ -154,13 +156,6 @@
 	list_add(&record->hash, hash_list);
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_revoke_lock);
 	return 0;
-
-oom:
-	if (!journal_oom_retry)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	jbd_debug(1, "ENOMEM in %s, retrying\n", __func__);
-	yield();
-	goto repeat;
 }
 
 /* Find a revoke record in the journal's hash table. */