diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index e849241ebb8f..c885dcc3bd0d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ ext2_xattr_cache_insert(struct mb_cache *cache, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	__u32 hash = le32_to_cpu(HDR(bh)->h_hash);
 	int error;
 
-	error = mb_cache_entry_create(cache, GFP_NOFS, hash, bh->b_blocknr,
+	error = mb_cache_entry_create(cache, GFP_KERNEL, hash, bh->b_blocknr,
 				      true);
 	if (error) {
 		if (error == -EBUSY) {