diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 385bfd3..0bab12b 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -331,5 +331,5 @@
 
 	n = (mempages * (PAGE_SIZE / 1024)) / 10;
 	files_stat.max_files = max_t(unsigned long, n, NR_FILE);
-	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0);
+	percpu_counter_init(&nr_files, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 }