diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index b59f1761d817..b57383c17cf6 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
 #define BYTES_PER_POINTER	sizeof(void *)
 
 /* GFP bitmask for kmemleak internal allocations */
-#define gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp)	(((gfp) & (GFP_KERNEL | GFP_ATOMIC)) | \
+#define gfp_kmemleak_mask(gfp)	(((gfp) & (GFP_KERNEL | GFP_ATOMIC | \
+					   __GFP_NOLOCKDEP)) | \
 				 __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | \
 				 __GFP_NOWARN)