diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index c53d505..eebc3cf 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 {
 	struct ocfs2_journal_handle *retval = NULL;
 
-	retval = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*retval), GFP_KERNEL);
+	retval = kcalloc(1, sizeof(*retval), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!retval) {
 		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Failed to allocate memory for journal "
 		     "handle!\n");
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@
 {
 	struct ocfs2_la_recovery_item *item;
 
-	item = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_la_recovery_item), GFP_KERNEL);
+	item = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ocfs2_la_recovery_item), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!item) {
 		/* Though we wish to avoid it, we are in fact safe in
 		 * skipping local alloc cleanup as fsck.ocfs2 is more