diff --git a/net/9p/util.c b/net/9p/util.c
index e048701..b84619b 100644
--- a/net/9p/util.c
+++ b/net/9p/util.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 retry:
-	if (idr_pre_get(&p->pool, GFP_KERNEL) == 0)
+	if (idr_pre_get(&p->pool, GFP_NOFS) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&p->lock, flags);