diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 153dda7..63339a2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3775,7 +3775,7 @@ int ext4_inode_attach_jinode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (ei->jinode || !EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal)
 		return 0;
 
-	jinode = jbd2_alloc_inode(GFP_KERNEL);
+	jinode = jbd2_alloc_inode(GFP_NOFS);
 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 	if (!ei->jinode) {
 		if (!jinode) {