diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 5ddfa4801bb3..ce986312bf68 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_handle_valid(journal_current_handle()) &&
 		     !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS));
 
-	ea_data = kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ea_data = kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!ea_data) {
 		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
 		return NULL;