diff --git a/include/linux/kmemleak.h b/include/linux/kmemleak.h
index e705467ddb47..d0a1f99e24e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmemleak.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmemleak.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 extern void kmemleak_init(void) __ref;
 extern void kmemleak_alloc(const void *ptr, size_t size, int min_count,
 			   gfp_t gfp) __ref;
-extern void kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size) __ref;
+extern void kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size,
+				  gfp_t gfp) __ref;
 extern void kmemleak_free(const void *ptr) __ref;
 extern void kmemleak_free_part(const void *ptr, size_t size) __ref;
 extern void kmemleak_free_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr) __ref;
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ static inline void kmemleak_alloc_recursive(const void *ptr, size_t size,
 					    gfp_t gfp)
 {
 }
-static inline void kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size)
+static inline void kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size,
+					 gfp_t gfp)
 {
 }
 static inline void kmemleak_free(const void *ptr)
diff --git a/mm/kmemleak.c b/mm/kmemleak.c
index ca9e5a5969a8..cf79f110157c 100644
--- a/mm/kmemleak.c
+++ b/mm/kmemleak.c
@@ -930,12 +930,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kmemleak_alloc);
  * kmemleak_alloc_percpu - register a newly allocated __percpu object
  * @ptr:	__percpu pointer to beginning of the object
  * @size:	size of the object
+ * @gfp:	flags used for kmemleak internal memory allocations
  *
  * This function is called from the kernel percpu allocator when a new object
- * (memory block) is allocated (alloc_percpu). It assumes GFP_KERNEL
- * allocation.
+ * (memory block) is allocated (alloc_percpu).
  */
-void __ref kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size)
+void __ref kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size,
+				 gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
@@ -948,7 +949,7 @@ void __ref kmemleak_alloc_percpu(const void __percpu *ptr, size_t size)
 	if (kmemleak_enabled && ptr && !IS_ERR(ptr))
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 			create_object((unsigned long)per_cpu_ptr(ptr, cpu),
-				      size, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+				      size, 0, gfp);
 	else if (kmemleak_early_log)
 		log_early(KMEMLEAK_ALLOC_PERCPU, ptr, size, 0);
 }
diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index dfd02484e8de..2dd74487a0af 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ area_found:
 		memset((void *)pcpu_chunk_addr(chunk, cpu, 0) + off, 0, size);
 
 	ptr = __addr_to_pcpu_ptr(chunk->base_addr + off);
-	kmemleak_alloc_percpu(ptr, size);
+	kmemleak_alloc_percpu(ptr, size, gfp);
 	return ptr;
 
 fail_unlock: