diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 347ec0cd2718..2ccbf04d37df 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, u16 tag)
 
 	req = &c->reqs[row][col];
 	if (!req->tc) {
-		req->wq = kmalloc(sizeof(wait_queue_head_t), GFP_KERNEL);
+		req->wq = kmalloc(sizeof(wait_queue_head_t), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!req->wq) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't grow tag array\n");
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -233,17 +233,17 @@ static struct p9_req_t *p9_tag_alloc(struct p9_client *c, u16 tag)
 				P9_TRANS_PREF_PAYLOAD_SEP) {
 			int alloc_msize = min(c->msize, 4096);
 			req->tc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+alloc_msize,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					  GFP_NOFS);
 			req->tc->capacity = alloc_msize;
 			req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+alloc_msize,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					  GFP_NOFS);
 			req->rc->capacity = alloc_msize;
 		} else {
 			req->tc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+c->msize,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					  GFP_NOFS);
 			req->tc->capacity = c->msize;
 			req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+c->msize,
-					GFP_KERNEL);
+					  GFP_NOFS);
 			req->rc->capacity = c->msize;
 		}
 		if ((!req->tc) || (!req->rc)) {
diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 2ce515b859b3..8a4084fa8b5a 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 				if (errcode)
 					break;
 
-				*sptr = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+				*sptr = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_NOFS);
 				if (*sptr == NULL) {
 					errcode = -EFAULT;
 					break;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 				if (!errcode) {
 					*wnames =
 					    kmalloc(sizeof(char *) * *nwname,
-						    GFP_KERNEL);
+						    GFP_NOFS);
 					if (!*wnames)
 						errcode = -ENOMEM;
 				}
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ p9pdu_vreadf(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int proto_version, const char *fmt,
 					*wqids =
 					    kmalloc(*nwqid *
 						    sizeof(struct p9_qid),
-						    GFP_KERNEL);
+						    GFP_NOFS);
 					if (*wqids == NULL)
 						errcode = -ENOMEM;
 				}
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index a30471e51740..aa5672b15eae 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void p9_read_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 		if (m->req->rc == NULL) {
 			m->req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall) +
-						m->client->msize, GFP_KERNEL);
+						m->client->msize, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!m->req->rc) {
 				m->req = NULL;
 				err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
index 29a54ccd213d..150e0c4bbf40 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static int rdma_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 	struct p9_rdma_context *rpl_context = NULL;
 
 	/* Allocate an fcall for the reply */
-	rpl_context = kmalloc(sizeof *rpl_context, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rpl_context = kmalloc(sizeof *rpl_context, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!rpl_context) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_close;
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int rdma_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 	 */
 	if (!req->rc) {
 		req->rc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_fcall)+client->msize,
-								GFP_KERNEL);
+				  GFP_NOFS);
 		if (req->rc) {
 			req->rc->sdata = (char *) req->rc +
 						sizeof(struct p9_fcall);
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int rdma_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req)
 	req->rc = NULL;
 
 	/* Post the request */
-	c = kmalloc(sizeof *c, GFP_KERNEL);
+	c = kmalloc(sizeof *c, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!c) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_free1;
diff --git a/net/9p/util.c b/net/9p/util.c
index e048701a72d2..b84619b5ba22 100644
--- a/net/9p/util.c
+++ b/net/9p/util.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int p9_idpool_get(struct p9_idpool *p)
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 retry:
-	if (idr_pre_get(&p->pool, GFP_KERNEL) == 0)
+	if (idr_pre_get(&p->pool, GFP_NOFS) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lock, flags);