diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
index 1ccb26b..7f12d28 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	if (count == 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	acl = posix_acl_alloc(count, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	int i;
 
 	f2fs_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-			sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(struct f2fs_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!f2fs_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);