diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/dev.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/dev.c
index acb1d22907da..16412d6636e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/dev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/dev.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ bl_parse_concat(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_block_dev *d,
 	int ret, i;
 
 	d->children = kcalloc(v->concat.volumes_count,
-			sizeof(struct pnfs_block_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(struct pnfs_block_dev), gfp_mask);
 	if (!d->children)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ bl_parse_stripe(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_block_dev *d,
 	int ret, i;
 
 	d->children = kcalloc(v->stripe.volumes_count,
-			sizeof(struct pnfs_block_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+			sizeof(struct pnfs_block_dev), gfp_mask);
 	if (!d->children)
 		return -ENOMEM;