diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 547a2deeb1ac..e79639a9787a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int f2fs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	inode->i_op = &f2fs_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &f2fs_dir_operations;
 	inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &f2fs_dblock_aops;
-	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_F2FS_ZERO);
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_F2FS_HIGH_ZERO);
 
 	set_inode_flag(F2FS_I(inode), FI_INC_LINK);
 	f2fs_lock_op(sbi);