diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 9c11255b079780..c8a05901a37baa 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ mpage_alloc(struct block_device *bdev,
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
+	/* Restrict the given (page cache) mask for slab allocations */
+	gfp_flags &= GFP_KERNEL;
 	bio = bio_alloc(gfp_flags, nr_vecs);
 
 	if (bio == NULL && (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) {