diff --git a/include/linux/fault-inject.h b/include/linux/fault-inject.h
index 9f6e25467844..444236dadcf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/fault-inject.h
+++ b/include/linux/fault-inject.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ struct fault_attr {
 	atomic_t space;
 	unsigned long verbose;
 	bool task_filter;
-	bool no_warn;
 	unsigned long stacktrace_depth;
 	unsigned long require_start;
 	unsigned long require_end;
@@ -32,6 +31,10 @@ struct fault_attr {
 	struct dentry *dname;
 };
 
+enum fault_flags {
+	FAULT_NOWARN =	1 << 0,
+};
+
 #define FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER {					\
 		.interval = 1,						\
 		.times = ATOMIC_INIT(1),				\
@@ -40,11 +43,11 @@ struct fault_attr {
 		.ratelimit_state = RATELIMIT_STATE_INIT_DISABLED,	\
 		.verbose = 2,						\
 		.dname = NULL,						\
-		.no_warn = false,					\
 	}
 
 #define DECLARE_FAULT_ATTR(name) struct fault_attr name = FAULT_ATTR_INITIALIZER
 int setup_fault_attr(struct fault_attr *attr, char *str);
+bool should_fail_ex(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size, int flags);
 bool should_fail(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/lib/fault-inject.c b/lib/fault-inject.c
index 4b8fafce415c..5971f7c3e49e 100644
--- a/lib/fault-inject.c
+++ b/lib/fault-inject.c
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(setup_fault_attr);
 
 static void fail_dump(struct fault_attr *attr)
 {
-	if (attr->no_warn)
-		return;
-
 	if (attr->verbose > 0 && __ratelimit(&attr->ratelimit_state)) {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.\n"
 		       "name %pd, interval %lu, probability %lu, "
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ static inline bool fail_stacktrace(struct fault_attr *attr)
  * http://www.nongnu.org/failmalloc/
  */
 
-bool should_fail(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size)
+bool should_fail_ex(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size, int flags)
 {
 	bool stack_checked = false;
 
@@ -152,13 +149,20 @@ bool should_fail(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size)
 		return false;
 
 fail:
-	fail_dump(attr);
+	if (!(flags & FAULT_NOWARN))
+		fail_dump(attr);
 
 	if (atomic_read(&attr->times) != -1)
 		atomic_dec_not_zero(&attr->times);
 
 	return true;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(should_fail_ex);
+
+bool should_fail(struct fault_attr *attr, ssize_t size)
+{
+	return should_fail_ex(attr, size, 0);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(should_fail);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
diff --git a/mm/failslab.c b/mm/failslab.c
index 58df9789f1d2..ffc420c0e767 100644
--- a/mm/failslab.c
+++ b/mm/failslab.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ static struct {
 
 bool __should_failslab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
+	int flags = 0;
+
 	/* No fault-injection for bootstrap cache */
 	if (unlikely(s == kmem_cache))
 		return false;
@@ -30,10 +32,16 @@ bool __should_failslab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfpflags)
 	if (failslab.cache_filter && !(s->flags & SLAB_FAILSLAB))
 		return false;
 
+	/*
+	 * In some cases, it expects to specify __GFP_NOWARN
+	 * to avoid printing any information(not just a warning),
+	 * thus avoiding deadlocks. See commit 6b9dbedbe349 for
+	 * details.
+	 */
 	if (gfpflags & __GFP_NOWARN)
-		failslab.attr.no_warn = true;
+		flags |= FAULT_NOWARN;
 
-	return should_fail(&failslab.attr, s->object_size);
+	return should_fail_ex(&failslab.attr, s->object_size, flags);
 }
 
 static int __init setup_failslab(char *str)
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index f7a63684e6c4..baf97166172c 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3909,6 +3909,8 @@ __setup("fail_page_alloc=", setup_fail_page_alloc);
 
 static bool __should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 {
+	int flags = 0;
+
 	if (order < fail_page_alloc.min_order)
 		return false;
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)
@@ -3919,10 +3921,11 @@ static bool __should_fail_alloc_page(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order)
 			(gfp_mask & __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM))
 		return false;
 
+	/* See comment in __should_failslab() */
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOWARN)
-		fail_page_alloc.attr.no_warn = true;
+		flags |= FAULT_NOWARN;
 
-	return should_fail(&fail_page_alloc.attr, 1 << order);
+	return should_fail_ex(&fail_page_alloc.attr, 1 << order, flags);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAULT_INJECTION_DEBUG_FS
