diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index a6ea4d6..4285654 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 	int error;
 
-	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext3_xattr_cache);
+	ce = mb_cache_entry_alloc(ext3_xattr_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ce) {
 		ea_bdebug(bh, "out of memory");
 		return;