diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index dd5c9f0..df2d3df 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2817,18 +2817,23 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
-		gfp_t gfp_mask)
+/*
+ * The nofs argument instructs pagecache_write_begin to pass AOP_FLAG_NOFS
+ */
+int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len, int nofs)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *fsdata;
 	int err;
 	char *kaddr;
+	unsigned int flags = AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
+	if (nofs)
+		flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 retry:
 	err = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, mapping, 0, len-1,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, &fsdata);
+				flags, &page, &fsdata);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -2852,7 +2857,7 @@
 int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
 {
 	return __page_symlink(inode, symname, len,
-			mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping));
+			!(mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & __GFP_FS));
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {