diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
index aaa6e1e83b29..eededf94f5a6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ int ubi_dbg_check_write(struct ubi_device *ubi, const void *buf, int pnum,
 	if (!(ubi_chk_flags & UBI_CHK_IO))
 		return 0;
 
-	buf1 = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf1 = __vmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf1) {
 		ubi_err("cannot allocate memory to check writes");
 		return 0;
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ int ubi_dbg_check_all_ff(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum, int offset, int len)
 	if (!(ubi_chk_flags & UBI_CHK_IO))
 		return 0;
 
-	buf = __vmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	buf = __vmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf) {
 		ubi_err("cannot allocate memory to check for 0xFFs");
 		return 0;