diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
index 3d1226aa2eb5..8e01231b308e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ xfs_allocbt_init_common(
 
 	ASSERT(btnum == XFS_BTNUM_BNO || btnum == XFS_BTNUM_CNT);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index fd5c0d669d0d..9c40d5971035 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,10 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
 	if (error)
 		goto trans_cancel;
 	ASSERT(ip->i_afp == NULL);
-	ip->i_afp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, 0);
+
+	ip->i_afp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
+				      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+
 	ip->i_afp->if_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 	ip->i_afp->if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
 	logflags = 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index d9c63f17d2de..ecec604e6e4d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ xfs_bmbt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 	ASSERT(whichfork != XFS_COW_FORK);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 897749c41f36..a4e1f01daf3d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ kmem_zone_t *xfs_da_state_zone;	/* anchor for state struct zone */
 xfs_da_state_t *
 xfs_da_state_alloc(void)
 {
-	return kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_da_state_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_da_state_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
index b2c122ad8f0e..3c8aebc36e64 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ xfs_inobt_init_common(
 {
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
 	cur->bc_btnum = btnum;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index 28b366275ae0..0cf853d42d62 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ xfs_iformat_attr_fork(
 	 * Initialize the extent count early, as the per-format routines may
 	 * depend on it.
 	 */
-	ip->i_afp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	ip->i_afp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ip->i_afp->if_format = dip->di_aformat;
 	if (unlikely(ip->i_afp->if_format == 0)) /* pre IRIX 6.2 file system */
 		ip->i_afp->if_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
@@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ xfs_ifork_init_cow(
 	if (ip->i_cowfp)
 		return;
 
-	ip->i_cowfp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
-				       KM_NOFS);
+	ip->i_cowfp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
+				       GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ip->i_cowfp->if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
 	ip->i_cowfp->if_format = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
index c5296c124a4c..a6ac60ae9421 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ xfs_refcountbt_init_common(
 	ASSERT(agno != NULLAGNUMBER);
 	ASSERT(agno < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
 	cur->bc_btnum = XFS_BTNUM_REFC;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
index 94948a53569f..beb81c84a937 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ xfs_rmapbt_init_common(
 {
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
 	/* Overlapping btree; 2 keys per pointer. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
index 6736c5ab188f..ec3691372e7c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ xfs_bui_init(
 {
 	struct xfs_bui_log_item		*buip;
 
-	buip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_bui_zone, 0);
+	buip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_bui_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &buip->bui_item, XFS_LI_BUI, &xfs_bui_item_ops);
 	buip->bui_format.bui_nextents = XFS_BUI_MAX_FAST_EXTENTS;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_bud(
 {
 	struct xfs_bud_log_item		*budp;
 
-	budp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_bud_zone, 0);
+	budp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_bud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &budp->bud_item, XFS_LI_BUD,
 			  &xfs_bud_item_ops);
 	budp->bud_buip = buip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index dda0c9445879..d4cdcb6fb2fe 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -214,9 +214,7 @@ _xfs_buf_alloc(
 	int			i;
 
 	*bpp = NULL;
-	bp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_buf_zone, KM_NOFS);
-	if (unlikely(!bp))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	bp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_buf_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * We don't want certain flags to appear in b_flags unless they are
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index ed1bf1d99483..5bb6f22cc11a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_init(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	bip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_buf_item_zone, 0);
+	bip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_buf_item_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &bip->bli_item, XFS_LI_BUF, &xfs_buf_item_ops);
 	bip->bli_buf = bp;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 799b986975e8..04dc2be19c3a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ xfs_dquot_alloc(
 {
 	struct xfs_dquot	*dqp;
 
-	dqp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqzone, 0);
+	dqp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqzone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	dqp->q_type = type;
 	dqp->q_id = id;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index b9c333bae0a1..6cb8cd11072a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ xfs_efi_init(
 			((nextents - 1) * sizeof(xfs_extent_t)));
 		efip = kmem_zalloc(size, 0);
 	} else {
-		efip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_efi_zone, 0);
+		efip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_efi_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &efip->efi_item, XFS_LI_EFI, &xfs_efi_item_ops);
@@ -332,7 +333,8 @@ xfs_trans_get_efd(
 				(nextents - 1) * sizeof(struct xfs_extent),
 				0);
 	} else {
-		efdp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_efd_zone, 0);
+		efdp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_efd_zone,
+					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &efdp->efd_item, XFS_LI_EFD,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
index 287a9e5c7d75..9b3994b9c716 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ xfs_icreate_log(
 {
 	struct xfs_icreate_item	*icp;
 
-	icp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_icreate_zone, 0);
+	icp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_icreate_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &icp->ic_item, XFS_LI_ICREATE,
 			  &xfs_icreate_item_ops);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 3840117f8a5e..895f61b2b4f0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -615,7 +615,8 @@ xfs_inode_item_init(
 	struct xfs_inode_log_item *iip;
 
 	ASSERT(ip->i_itemp == NULL);
-	iip = ip->i_itemp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ili_zone, 0);
+	iip = ip->i_itemp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ili_zone,
+					      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	iip->ili_inode = ip;
 	spin_lock_init(&iip->ili_lock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
index c81639891e29..7b2c72bc2858 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ xfs_cui_init(
 		cuip = kmem_zalloc(xfs_cui_log_item_sizeof(nextents),
 				0);
 	else
-		cuip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_cui_zone, 0);
+		cuip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_cui_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &cuip->cui_item, XFS_LI_CUI, &xfs_cui_item_ops);
 	cuip->cui_format.cui_nextents = nextents;
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_cud(
 {
 	struct xfs_cud_log_item		*cudp;
 
-	cudp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_cud_zone, 0);
+	cudp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_cud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &cudp->cud_item, XFS_LI_CUD,
 			  &xfs_cud_item_ops);
 	cudp->cud_cuip = cuip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
index a86599db20a6..dc5b0753cd51 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ xfs_rui_init(
 	if (nextents > XFS_RUI_MAX_FAST_EXTENTS)
 		ruip = kmem_zalloc(xfs_rui_log_item_sizeof(nextents), 0);
 	else
-		ruip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_rui_zone, 0);
+		ruip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_rui_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &ruip->rui_item, XFS_LI_RUI, &xfs_rui_item_ops);
 	ruip->rui_format.rui_nextents = nextents;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_rud(
 {
 	struct xfs_rud_log_item		*rudp;
 
-	rudp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_rud_zone, 0);
+	rudp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_rud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &rudp->rud_item, XFS_LI_RUD,
 			  &xfs_rud_item_ops);
 	rudp->rud_ruip = ruip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 0ad72a83edac..ed72867b1a19 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ xfs_trans_dup(
 
 	trace_xfs_trans_dup(tp, _RET_IP_);
 
-	ntp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, 0);
+	ntp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the new transaction structure.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
 	 * GFP_NOFS allocation context so that we avoid lockdep false positives
 	 * by doing GFP_KERNEL allocations inside sb_start_intwrite().
 	 */
-	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, 0);
+	tp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (!(flags & XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT))
 		sb_start_intwrite(mp->m_super);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
index 518cf0347891..c6ba7ef18e06 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
@@ -874,7 +874,8 @@ STATIC void
 xfs_trans_alloc_dqinfo(
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp)
 {
-	tp->t_dqinfo = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqtrxzone, 0);
+	tp->t_dqinfo = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqtrxzone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 }
 
 void