diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
index 6143117770e9..c12ab170c396 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ kmem_zalloc_large(size_t size, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 
 extern void *kmem_zone_alloc(kmem_zone_t *, xfs_km_flags_t);
 
-static inline void *
-kmem_zone_zalloc(kmem_zone_t *zone, xfs_km_flags_t flags)
-{
-	return kmem_zone_alloc(zone, flags | KM_ZERO);
-}
-
 static inline struct page *
 kmem_to_page(void *addr)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
index 279694d73e4e..0867c1fad11b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ xfs_allocbt_init_cursor(
 
 	ASSERT(btnum == XFS_BTNUM_BNO || btnum == XFS_BTNUM_CNT);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index b7cc2f9eae7b..9fbdca183465 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,8 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
 	if (error)
 		goto trans_cancel;
 	ASSERT(ip->i_afp == NULL);
-	ip->i_afp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, 0);
+	ip->i_afp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
+				      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ip->i_afp->if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
 	logflags = 0;
 	switch (ip->i_d.di_format) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index ffe608d2a2d9..77fe4ae671e5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ xfs_bmbt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 	ASSERT(whichfork != XFS_COW_FORK);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index c5c0b73febae..4e0ec46aec78 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ kmem_zone_t *xfs_da_state_zone;	/* anchor for state struct zone */
 xfs_da_state_t *
 xfs_da_state_alloc(void)
 {
-	return kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_da_state_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	return kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_da_state_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
index b82992f795aa..5366a874b076 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ xfs_inobt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_agi		*agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp);
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
index ad2b9c313fd2..2bffaa31d62a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_fork.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ xfs_iformat_fork(
 		return 0;
 
 	ASSERT(ip->i_afp == NULL);
-	ip->i_afp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	ip->i_afp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	switch (dip->di_aformat) {
 	case XFS_DINODE_FMT_LOCAL:
@@ -688,8 +688,8 @@ xfs_ifork_init_cow(
 	if (ip->i_cowfp)
 		return;
 
-	ip->i_cowfp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
-				       KM_NOFS);
+	ip->i_cowfp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ifork_zone,
+				       GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	ip->i_cowfp->if_flags = XFS_IFEXTENTS;
 	ip->i_cformat = XFS_DINODE_FMT_EXTENTS;
 	ip->i_cnextents = 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
index 38529dbacd55..bb86988780ea 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_refcount_btree.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ xfs_refcountbt_init_cursor(
 
 	ASSERT(agno != NULLAGNUMBER);
 	ASSERT(agno < mp->m_sb.sb_agcount);
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
index fc78efa52c94..8d84dd98e8d3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rmap_btree.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ xfs_rmapbt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_agf		*agf = XFS_BUF_TO_AGF(agbp);
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	cur = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
 	/* Overlapping btree; 2 keys per pointer. */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
index ee6f4229cebc..451d6b925930 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bmap_item.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ xfs_bui_init(
 {
 	struct xfs_bui_log_item		*buip;
 
-	buip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_bui_zone, 0);
+	buip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_bui_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &buip->bui_item, XFS_LI_BUI, &xfs_bui_item_ops);
 	buip->bui_format.bui_nextents = XFS_BUI_MAX_FAST_EXTENTS;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_bud(
 {
 	struct xfs_bud_log_item		*budp;
 
-	budp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_bud_zone, 0);
+	budp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_bud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &budp->bud_item, XFS_LI_BUD,
 			  &xfs_bud_item_ops);
 	budp->bud_buip = buip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index a0229c368e78..85f9ef4f504e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ _xfs_buf_alloc(
 	int			error;
 	int			i;
 
-	bp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_buf_zone, KM_NOFS);
+	bp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_buf_zone, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (unlikely(!bp))
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 3458a1264a3f..676149ac09a3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_init(
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	bip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_buf_item_zone, 0);
+	bip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_buf_item_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &bip->bli_item, XFS_LI_BUF, &xfs_buf_item_ops);
 	bip->bli_buf = bp;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 153815bf18fc..79f0de378123 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ xfs_dquot_alloc(
 {
 	struct xfs_dquot	*dqp;
 
-	dqp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqzone, 0);
+	dqp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqzone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	dqp->dq_flags = type;
 	dqp->q_core.d_id = cpu_to_be32(id);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
index 6ea847f6e298..49ce6d6c4bb9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ xfs_efi_init(
 			((nextents - 1) * sizeof(xfs_extent_t)));
 		efip = kmem_zalloc(size, 0);
 	} else {
-		efip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_efi_zone, 0);
+		efip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_efi_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &efip->efi_item, XFS_LI_EFI, &xfs_efi_item_ops);
@@ -336,7 +337,8 @@ xfs_trans_get_efd(
 				(nextents - 1) * sizeof(struct xfs_extent),
 				0);
 	} else {
-		efdp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_efd_zone, 0);
+		efdp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_efd_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	}
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &efdp->efd_item, XFS_LI_EFD,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
index 490fee22b878..85bbf9dbe095 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icreate_item.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ xfs_icreate_log(
 {
 	struct xfs_icreate_item	*icp;
 
-	icp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_icreate_zone, 0);
+	icp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_icreate_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &icp->ic_item, XFS_LI_ICREATE,
 			  &xfs_icreate_item_ops);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 3a62976291a1..2097e6932a48 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -652,7 +652,8 @@ xfs_inode_item_init(
 	struct xfs_inode_log_item *iip;
 
 	ASSERT(ip->i_itemp == NULL);
-	iip = ip->i_itemp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_ili_zone, 0);
+	iip = ip->i_itemp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_ili_zone,
+					      GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	iip->ili_inode = ip;
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &iip->ili_item, XFS_LI_INODE,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 6a147c63a8a6..30447bd477d2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ xfs_log_reserve(
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_try_logspace);
 
 	ASSERT(*ticp == NULL);
-	tic = xlog_ticket_alloc(log, unit_bytes, cnt, client, permanent, 0);
+	tic = xlog_ticket_alloc(log, unit_bytes, cnt, client, permanent,
+				GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	*ticp = tic;
 
 	xlog_grant_push_ail(log, tic->t_cnt ? tic->t_unit_res * tic->t_cnt
@@ -3587,12 +3588,12 @@ xlog_ticket_alloc(
 	int			cnt,
 	char			client,
 	bool			permanent,
-	xfs_km_flags_t		alloc_flags)
+	gfp_t			alloc_flags)
 {
 	struct xlog_ticket	*tic;
 	int			unit_res;
 
-	tic = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, alloc_flags);
+	tic = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, alloc_flags);
 	if (!tic)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index 48435cf2aa16..630c2482c8f1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ xlog_cil_ticket_alloc(
 	struct xlog_ticket *tic;
 
 	tic = xlog_ticket_alloc(log, 0, 1, XFS_TRANSACTION, 0,
-				KM_NOFS);
+				GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * set the current reservation to zero so we know to steal the basic
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
index c47aa2ca6dc7..54c95fee9dc4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_priv.h
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ xlog_ticket_alloc(
 	int		count,
 	char		client,
 	bool		permanent,
-	xfs_km_flags_t	alloc_flags);
+	gfp_t		alloc_flags);
 
 
 static inline void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
index 8eeed73928cd..a242bc9874a6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_refcount_item.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ xfs_cui_init(
 		cuip = kmem_zalloc(xfs_cui_log_item_sizeof(nextents),
 				0);
 	else
-		cuip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_cui_zone, 0);
+		cuip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_cui_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &cuip->cui_item, XFS_LI_CUI, &xfs_cui_item_ops);
 	cuip->cui_format.cui_nextents = nextents;
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_cud(
 {
 	struct xfs_cud_log_item		*cudp;
 
-	cudp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_cud_zone, 0);
+	cudp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_cud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &cudp->cud_item, XFS_LI_CUD,
 			  &xfs_cud_item_ops);
 	cudp->cud_cuip = cuip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
index 4911b68f95dd..857cc78dc440 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rmap_item.c
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ xfs_rui_init(
 	if (nextents > XFS_RUI_MAX_FAST_EXTENTS)
 		ruip = kmem_zalloc(xfs_rui_log_item_sizeof(nextents), 0);
 	else
-		ruip = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_rui_zone, 0);
+		ruip = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_rui_zone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	xfs_log_item_init(mp, &ruip->rui_item, XFS_LI_RUI, &xfs_rui_item_ops);
 	ruip->rui_format.rui_nextents = nextents;
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ xfs_trans_get_rud(
 {
 	struct xfs_rud_log_item		*rudp;
 
-	rudp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_rud_zone, 0);
+	rudp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_rud_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	xfs_log_item_init(tp->t_mountp, &rudp->rud_item, XFS_LI_RUD,
 			  &xfs_rud_item_ops);
 	rudp->rud_ruip = ruip;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 3b208f9a865c..29f34492d5f4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ xfs_trans_dup(
 
 	trace_xfs_trans_dup(tp, _RET_IP_);
 
-	ntp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, 0);
+	ntp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the new transaction structure.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ xfs_trans_alloc(
 	 * GFP_NOFS allocation context so that we avoid lockdep false positives
 	 * by doing GFP_KERNEL allocations inside sb_start_intwrite().
 	 */
-	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, 0);
+	tp = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 	if (!(flags & XFS_TRANS_NO_WRITECOUNT))
 		sb_start_intwrite(mp->m_super);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
index ff1c326826d3..69e8f6d049aa 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_dquot.c
@@ -863,7 +863,8 @@ STATIC void
 xfs_trans_alloc_dqinfo(
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp)
 {
-	tp->t_dqinfo = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqtrxzone, 0);
+	tp->t_dqinfo = kmem_cache_zalloc(xfs_qm_dqtrxzone,
+					 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 }
 
 void
