diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index c2fef7b12dc7..820d07a60ab0 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static int inode_alloc_security(struct inode *inode)
 	struct task_security_struct *tsec = current->security;
 	struct inode_security_struct *isec;
 
-	isec = kmem_cache_zalloc(sel_inode_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	isec = kmem_cache_zalloc(sel_inode_cache, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!isec)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2429,7 +2429,7 @@ static int selinux_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (name) {
-		namep = kstrdup(XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX, GFP_KERNEL);
+		namep = kstrdup(XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!namep)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		*name = namep;