diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 01c2b028e525..f25a7339f800 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ void dbg_dump_leb(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "(pid %d) start dumping LEB %d\n",
 	       current->pid, lnum);
 
-	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot allocate memory for dumping LEB %d", lnum);
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
index c7b25e2f7764..0ee0847f2421 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ static int scan_check_cb(struct ubifs_info *c,
 		}
 	}
 
-	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot allocate memory to scan LEB %d", lnum);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
index 0a3c2c3f5c4a..0c9c69bd983a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lpt_commit.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ static int dbg_check_ltab_lnum(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 	if (!(ubifs_chk_flags & UBIFS_CHK_LPROPS))
 		return 0;
 
-	buf = p = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = p = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot allocate memory for ltab checking");
 		return 0;
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ static void dump_lpt_leb(const struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum)
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "(pid %d) start dumping LEB %d\n",
 	       current->pid, lnum);
-	buf = p = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = p = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot allocate memory to dump LPT");
 		return;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
index 2cdbd31641d7..09df318e368f 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static int dbg_scan_orphans(struct ubifs_info *c, struct check_info *ci)
 	if (c->no_orphs)
 		return 0;
 
-	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot allocate memory to check orphans");
 		return 0;