diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index f4b2fb17bbb1..a2930e33c134 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -3554,7 +3554,8 @@ int dlm_unlock(dlm_lockspace_t *lockspace,
 static int _create_message(struct dlm_ls *ls, int mb_len,
 			   int to_nodeid, int mstype,
 			   struct dlm_message **ms_ret,
-			   struct dlm_mhandle **mh_ret)
+			   struct dlm_mhandle **mh_ret,
+			   gfp_t allocation)
 {
 	struct dlm_message *ms;
 	struct dlm_mhandle *mh;
@@ -3564,7 +3565,7 @@ static int _create_message(struct dlm_ls *ls, int mb_len,
 	   pass into midcomms_commit and a message buffer (mb) that we
 	   write our data into */
 
-	mh = dlm_midcomms_get_mhandle(to_nodeid, mb_len, GFP_NOFS, &mb);
+	mh = dlm_midcomms_get_mhandle(to_nodeid, mb_len, allocation, &mb);
 	if (!mh)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
@@ -3586,7 +3587,8 @@ static int _create_message(struct dlm_ls *ls, int mb_len,
 static int create_message(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
 			  int to_nodeid, int mstype,
 			  struct dlm_message **ms_ret,
-			  struct dlm_mhandle **mh_ret)
+			  struct dlm_mhandle **mh_ret,
+			  gfp_t allocation)
 {
 	int mb_len = sizeof(struct dlm_message);
 
@@ -3607,7 +3609,7 @@ static int create_message(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
 	}
 
 	return _create_message(r->res_ls, mb_len, to_nodeid, mstype,
-			       ms_ret, mh_ret);
+			       ms_ret, mh_ret, allocation);
 }
 
 /* further lowcomms enhancements or alternate implementations may make
@@ -3676,7 +3678,7 @@ static int send_common(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int mstype)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, mstype, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, mstype, &ms, &mh, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -3737,7 +3739,8 @@ static int send_grant(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 
 	to_nodeid = lkb->lkb_nodeid;
 
-	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_GRANT, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_GRANT, &ms, &mh,
+			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3758,7 +3761,8 @@ static int send_bast(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb, int mode)
 
 	to_nodeid = lkb->lkb_nodeid;
 
-	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_BAST, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_BAST, &ms, &mh,
+			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3783,7 +3787,8 @@ static int send_lookup(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_LOOKUP, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_LOOKUP, &ms, &mh,
+			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -3807,7 +3812,8 @@ static int send_remove(struct dlm_rsb *r)
 
 	to_nodeid = dlm_dir_nodeid(r);
 
-	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_REMOVE, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, NULL, to_nodeid, DLM_MSG_REMOVE, &ms, &mh,
+			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3828,7 +3834,7 @@ static int send_common_reply(struct dlm_rsb *r, struct dlm_lkb *lkb,
 
 	to_nodeid = lkb->lkb_nodeid;
 
-	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, mstype, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, lkb, to_nodeid, mstype, &ms, &mh, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3869,7 +3875,8 @@ static int send_lookup_reply(struct dlm_ls *ls, struct dlm_message *ms_in,
 	struct dlm_mhandle *mh;
 	int error, nodeid = le32_to_cpu(ms_in->m_header.h_nodeid);
 
-	error = create_message(r, NULL, nodeid, DLM_MSG_LOOKUP_REPLY, &ms, &mh);
+	error = create_message(r, NULL, nodeid, DLM_MSG_LOOKUP_REPLY, &ms, &mh,
+			       GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -6295,7 +6302,7 @@ static int send_purge(struct dlm_ls *ls, int nodeid, int pid)
 	int error;
 
 	error = _create_message(ls, sizeof(struct dlm_message), nodeid,
-				DLM_MSG_PURGE, &ms, &mh);
+				DLM_MSG_PURGE, &ms, &mh, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 	ms->m_nodeid = cpu_to_le32(nodeid);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/memory.c b/fs/dlm/memory.c
index 61fe0d1f5646..eb7a08641fcf 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/memory.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/memory.c
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ void dlm_free_lkb(struct dlm_lkb *lkb)
 	kmem_cache_free(lkb_cache, lkb);
 }
 
-struct dlm_mhandle *dlm_allocate_mhandle(void)
+struct dlm_mhandle *dlm_allocate_mhandle(gfp_t allocation)
 {
-	return kmem_cache_alloc(mhandle_cache, GFP_NOFS);
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(mhandle_cache, allocation);
 }
 
 void dlm_free_mhandle(struct dlm_mhandle *mhandle)
diff --git a/fs/dlm/memory.h b/fs/dlm/memory.h
index c1583ec8b2cf..6b29563d24f7 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/memory.h
+++ b/fs/dlm/memory.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct dlm_lkb *dlm_allocate_lkb(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 void dlm_free_lkb(struct dlm_lkb *l);
 char *dlm_allocate_lvb(struct dlm_ls *ls);
 void dlm_free_lvb(char *l);
-struct dlm_mhandle *dlm_allocate_mhandle(void);
+struct dlm_mhandle *dlm_allocate_mhandle(gfp_t allocation);
 void dlm_free_mhandle(struct dlm_mhandle *mhandle);
 struct writequeue_entry *dlm_allocate_writequeue(void);
 void dlm_free_writequeue(struct writequeue_entry *writequeue);
diff --git a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
index e10a6e97df44..3a4e20d6cd2d 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/midcomms.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ struct dlm_mhandle *dlm_midcomms_get_mhandle(int nodeid, int len,
 	/* this is a bug, however we going on and hope it will be resolved */
 	WARN_ON(test_bit(DLM_NODE_FLAG_STOP_TX, &node->flags));
 
-	mh = dlm_allocate_mhandle();
+	mh = dlm_allocate_mhandle(allocation);
 	if (!mh)
 		goto err;