diff --git a/security/smack/smack_access.c b/security/smack/smack_access.c
index a283f9e79..0df316c62 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_access.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_access.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ char *smk_parse_smack(const char *string, int len)
 	if (i == 0 || i >= SMK_LONGLABEL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	smack = kzalloc(i + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	smack = kzalloc(i + 1, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (smack == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ struct smack_known *smk_import_entry(const char *string, int len)
 	if (skp != NULL)
 		goto freeout;
 
-	skp = kzalloc(sizeof(*skp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	skp = kzalloc(sizeof(*skp), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (skp == NULL) {
 		skp = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		goto freeout;
diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 305518872..716433e63 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static struct smack_known *smk_fetch(const char *name, struct inode *ip,
 	if (ip->i_op->getxattr == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
 
-	buffer = kzalloc(SMK_LONGLABEL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kzalloc(SMK_LONGLABEL, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (buffer == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);