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diff --git a/kernel/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/kernel/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 8d1e60214..41260489d 100644
--- a/kernel/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/kernel/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4800,18 +4800,12 @@ do_more:
 		/*
 		 * blocks being freed are metadata. these blocks shouldn't
 		 * be used until this transaction is committed
+		 *
+		 * We use __GFP_NOFAIL because ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed
+		 * to fail.
 		 */
-	retry:
-		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!new_entry) {
-			/*
-			 * We use a retry loop because
-			 * ext4_free_blocks() is not allowed to fail.
-			 */
-			cond_resched();
-			congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_data_cachep,
+				GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 		new_entry->efd_start_cluster = bit;
 		new_entry->efd_group = block_group;
 		new_entry->efd_count = count_clusters;