diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 0d493a3bb749..3a28e7751b3c 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ int reiserfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 			if (blocks_needed == 1) {
 				un = &unf_single;
 			} else {
-				un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);	// We need to avoid scheduling.
+				un = kzalloc(min(blocks_needed, max_to_insert) * UNFM_P_SIZE, GFP_NOFS);
 				if (!un) {
 					un = &unf_single;
 					blocks_needed = 1;