diff --git a/fs/ext3/acl.c b/fs/ext3/acl.c
index d34e996..a754d18 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/acl.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	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);
 	for (n=0; n < count; n++) {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 	*size = ext3_acl_size(acl->a_count);
 	ext_acl = kmalloc(sizeof(ext3_acl_header) + acl->a_count *
-			sizeof(ext3_acl_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(ext3_acl_entry), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ext_acl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ext_acl->a_version = cpu_to_le32(EXT3_ACL_VERSION);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 	}
 	retval = ext3_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", NULL, 0);
 	if (retval > 0) {
-		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_KERNEL);
+		value = kmalloc(retval, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!value)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		retval = ext3_xattr_get(inode, name_index, "", value, retval);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 			if (error)
 				goto cleanup;
 		}
-		clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_KERNEL);
+		clone = posix_acl_clone(acl, GFP_NOFS);
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (!clone)
 			goto cleanup;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/resize.c b/fs/ext3/resize.c
index 9397d77..0e97b6e 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 		goto exit_dindj;
 
 	n_group_desc = kmalloc((gdb_num + 1) * sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
-			GFP_KERNEL);
+			GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!n_group_desc) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		ext3_warning (sb, __FUNCTION__,
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
 	int res, i;
 	int err;
 
-	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_KERNEL);
+	primary = kmalloc(reserved_gdb * sizeof(*primary), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!primary)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
index fb89c29..a6ea4d6 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@
 				ce = NULL;
 			}
 			ea_bdebug(bs->bh, "cloning");
-			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+			s->base = kmalloc(bs->bh->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
 			error = -ENOMEM;
 			if (s->base == NULL)
 				goto cleanup;
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */
-		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_KERNEL);
+		s->base = kzalloc(sb->s_blocksize, GFP_NOFS);
 		/* assert(header == s->base) */
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (s->base == NULL)