diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 4d74335..6024877 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1005,9 +1005,19 @@
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	sector_t end_block;
 	int ret = 0;		/* Will call free_more_memory() */
+	gfp_t gfp_mask;
 
-	page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index,
-		(mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS)|__GFP_MOVABLE);
+	gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS;
+	gfp_mask |= __GFP_MOVABLE;
+	/*
+	 * XXX: __getblk_slow() can not really deal with failure and
+	 * will endlessly loop on improvised global reclaim.  Prefer
+	 * looping in the allocator rather than here, at least that
+	 * code knows what it's doing.
+	 */
+	gfp_mask |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+	page = find_or_create_page(inode->i_mapping, index, gfp_mask);
 	if (!page)
 		return ret;