diff --git a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
index bed766e435b5c7dc35ad30be6fe616808b17e643..1634319e2404d2a02de2aa2de2b9ffea0559e5c5 100644
--- a/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static struct inotify_kernel_event * kernel_event(s32 wd, u32 mask, u32 cookie,
 				rem = 0;
 		}
 
-		kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_KERNEL);
+		kevent->name = kmalloc(len + rem, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (unlikely(!kevent->name)) {
 			kmem_cache_free(event_cachep, kevent);
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index a6fe71fd5d1b96487370e8ee275cbff7fa0e2a87..713098ee5a0243c61a30e946f6c34be44de653ca 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
 
 		if (audit_enabled) {
 			struct audit_buffer *ab;
-			ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
+			ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_NOFS,
 				AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
 			audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u",
 				audit_get_loginuid(current),
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ static void audit_remove_parent_watches(struct audit_parent *parent)
 			e = container_of(r, struct audit_entry, rule);
 			if (audit_enabled) {
 				struct audit_buffer *ab;
-				ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_KERNEL,
+				ab = audit_log_start(NULL, GFP_NOFS,
 					AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE);
 				audit_log_format(ab, "auid=%u ses=%u",
 					audit_get_loginuid(current),