diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index e124f3d709b2..1bfd6ab11038 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
 	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *block_i;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 
-	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_NOFS);
+	block_i = kmalloc(sizeof(*block_i), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (block_i) {
 		struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv = &block_i->rsv_window_node;