diff --git a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
index 3eb6c622a74d..56d192f0ead8 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int eventfs_set_attr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!(dentry->d_inode->i_mode & S_IFDIR)) {
 		if (!ei->entry_attrs) {
 			ei->entry_attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*ei->entry_attrs) * ei->nr_entries,
-						  GFP_KERNEL);
+						  GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!ei->entry_attrs) {
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto out;
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static int add_dentries(struct dentry ***dentries, struct dentry *d, int cnt)
 {
 	struct dentry **tmp;
 
-	tmp = krealloc(*dentries, sizeof(d) * (cnt + 2), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmp = krealloc(*dentries, sizeof(d) * (cnt + 2), GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -1;
 	tmp[cnt] = d;