diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 7edf3fdfdadd..65c290470664 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
 	journal_t *journal;
 	int err;
 
-	journal = jbd_kmalloc(sizeof(*journal), GFP_KERNEL);
+	journal = kmalloc(sizeof(*journal), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!journal)
 		goto fail;
 	memset(journal, 0, sizeof(*journal));
@@ -1606,15 +1606,6 @@ int journal_blocks_per_page(struct inode *inode)
 	return 1 << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 }
 
-/*
- * Simple support for retrying memory allocations.  Introduced to help to
- * debug different VM deadlock avoidance strategies.
- */
-void * __jbd_kmalloc (const char *where, size_t size, gfp_t flags, int retry)
-{
-	return kmalloc(size, flags | (retry ? __GFP_NOFAIL : 0));
-}
-
 /*
  * Journal_head storage management
  */
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index db8404514c92..0282deb8ff2d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle)
 
 alloc_transaction:
 	if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
-		new_transaction = jbd_kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
-						GFP_NOFS);
+		new_transaction = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_transaction),
+						GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 		if (!new_transaction) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 1db3b684f557..a3abf51e488f 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ extern int journal_enable_debug;
 #define jbd_debug(f, a...)	/**/
 #endif
 
-extern void * __jbd_kmalloc (const char *where, size_t size, gfp_t flags, int retry);
-#define jbd_kmalloc(size, flags) \
-	__jbd_kmalloc(__FUNCTION__, (size), (flags), journal_oom_retry)
-#define jbd_rep_kmalloc(size, flags) \
-	__jbd_kmalloc(__FUNCTION__, (size), (flags), 1)
-
 static inline void *jbd_alloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	return (void *)__get_free_pages(flags, get_order(size));