diff --git a/net/rds/ib.h b/net/rds/ib.h
index 86a8578d95b8..7db93f7f5c61 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib.h
+++ b/net/rds/ib.h
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ void rds_ib_mr_cqe_handler(struct rds_ib_connection *ic, struct ib_wc *wc);
 int rds_ib_recv_init(void);
 void rds_ib_recv_exit(void);
 int rds_ib_recv_path(struct rds_conn_path *conn);
-int rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(struct rds_ib_connection *ic);
+int rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(struct rds_ib_connection *ic, gfp_t gfp);
 void rds_ib_recv_free_caches(struct rds_ib_connection *ic);
 void rds_ib_recv_refill(struct rds_connection *conn, int prefill, gfp_t gfp);
 void rds_ib_inc_free(struct rds_incoming *inc);
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_cm.c b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
index 6e721c449c4b..e086395a2355 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_cm.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_cm.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ int rds_ib_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp)
 	if (!ic)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(ic);
+	ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(ic, gfp);
 	if (ret) {
 		kfree(ic);
 		return ret;
diff --git a/net/rds/ib_recv.c b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
index b4e421aa9727..918d2e676b9b 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_recv.c
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ static void rds_ib_cache_xfer_to_ready(struct rds_ib_refill_cache *cache)
 	}
 }
 
-static int rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(struct rds_ib_refill_cache *cache)
+static int rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(struct rds_ib_refill_cache *cache, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct rds_ib_cache_head *head;
 	int cpu;
 
-	cache->percpu = alloc_percpu(struct rds_ib_cache_head);
+	cache->percpu = alloc_percpu_gfp(struct rds_ib_cache_head, gfp);
 	if (!cache->percpu)
 	       return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@ static int rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(struct rds_ib_refill_cache *cache)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(struct rds_ib_connection *ic)
+int rds_ib_recv_alloc_caches(struct rds_ib_connection *ic, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(&ic->i_cache_incs);
+	ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(&ic->i_cache_incs, gfp);
 	if (!ret) {
-		ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(&ic->i_cache_frags);
+		ret = rds_ib_recv_alloc_cache(&ic->i_cache_frags, gfp);
 		if (ret)
 			free_percpu(ic->i_cache_incs.percpu);
 	}