diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index a0660541bf8d..1e6ffe23fd08 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ struct ceph_cap_flush *ceph_alloc_cap_flush(void)
 {
 	struct ceph_cap_flush *cf;
 
-	cf = kmem_cache_alloc(ceph_cap_flush_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+	cf = kmem_cache_alloc(ceph_cap_flush_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!cf)
 		return NULL;