diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index 68bfb02..c10ba2c 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static int __exfat_get_dentry_set(struct exfat_entry_set_cache *es,
 
 	num_bh = EXFAT_B_TO_BLK_ROUND_UP(off + num_entries * DENTRY_SIZE, sb);
 	if (num_bh > ARRAY_SIZE(es->__bh)) {
-		es->bh = kmalloc_array(num_bh, sizeof(*es->bh), GFP_KERNEL);
+		es->bh = kmalloc_array(num_bh, sizeof(*es->bh), GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!es->bh) {
 			brelse(bh);
 			return -ENOMEM;