diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
index b03feca..f76b498 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmrecovery.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
 		}
 		BUG_ON(num == dead_node);
 
-		ndata = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*ndata), GFP_KERNEL);
+		ndata = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*ndata), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!ndata) {
 			dlm_destroy_recovery_area(dlm, dead_node);
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -822,14 +822,14 @@
 	}
 	BUG_ON(lr->dead_node != dlm->reco.dead_node);
 
-	item = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*item), GFP_KERNEL);
+	item = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*item), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!item) {
 		dlm_put(dlm);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	/* this will get freed by dlm_request_all_locks_worker */
-	buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = (char *) __get_free_page(GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!buf) {
 		kfree(item);
 		dlm_put(dlm);
@@ -1302,8 +1302,8 @@
 		mlog(0, "all done flag.  all lockres data received!\n");
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
-	buf = kmalloc(be16_to_cpu(msg->data_len), GFP_KERNEL);
-	item = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*item), GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(be16_to_cpu(msg->data_len), GFP_NOFS);
+	item = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*item), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!buf || !item)
 		goto leave;