diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 1377b12..9246cb4 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
 	}
 
 	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index d6b85da..3fb36d4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	candidate->state = AFS_WBACK_PENDING;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&candidate->waitq);
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		kfree(candidate);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 776ae09..a13f09b 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@
 	page = *pagep;
 	if (page == NULL) {
 		ownpage = 1;
-		page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+		page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 		if (!page) {
 			status = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
@@ -2502,7 +2502,7 @@
 	from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
 	to = from + len;
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index b1e1fc6..12bb656 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@
 
 	cFYI(1, ("write_begin from %lld len %d", (long long)pos, len));
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
index 04d7b3f..46cec2b 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/mmap.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 	loff_t prev_page_end_size;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index c4bdccf..5fa453b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@
 	to = from + len;
 
 retry:
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 297ea8d..1dd2abe 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2175,8 +2175,7 @@
 		 * We have a transaction open.  All is sweetness.  It also sets
 		 * i_size in generic_commit_write().
 		 */
-		err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l,
-				mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
+		err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l, 1);
 		if (err) {
 			drop_nlink(inode);
 			unlock_new_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 7c3325e..6702a49 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page) {
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index da98a90..9fd2a5e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2212,8 +2212,7 @@
 		 * We have a transaction open.  All is sweetness.  It also sets
 		 * i_size in generic_commit_write().
 		 */
-		err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l,
-				mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
+		err = __page_symlink(inode, symname, l, 1);
 		if (err) {
 			clear_nlink(inode);
 			unlock_new_inode(inode);
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 34930a9..4c9ee70 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 {
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-	*pagep = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	*pagep = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!*pagep)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
 			break;
 
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+		page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, 0);
 		if (!page)
 			break;
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
index 2756381..15f710f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_address.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
 		goto out_trans_fail;
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	*pagep = page;
 	if (unlikely(!page))
 		goto out_endtrans;
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 3a31451..5c538e0 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
 {
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-	*pagep = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	*pagep = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!*pagep)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/file.c b/fs/jffs2/file.c
index 5a98aa8..5edc2bf 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/file.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 	uint32_t pageofs = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	pg = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	pg = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!pg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = pg;
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index e960a83..bdaec17 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index dd5c9f0..df2d3df 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2817,18 +2817,23 @@
 	}
 }
 
-int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
-		gfp_t gfp_mask)
+/*
+ * The nofs argument instructs pagecache_write_begin to pass AOP_FLAG_NOFS
+ */
+int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len, int nofs)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 	struct page *page;
 	void *fsdata;
 	int err;
 	char *kaddr;
+	unsigned int flags = AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE;
+	if (nofs)
+		flags |= AOP_FLAG_NOFS;
 
 retry:
 	err = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, mapping, 0, len-1,
-				AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, &page, &fsdata);
+				flags, &page, &fsdata);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
 
@@ -2852,7 +2857,7 @@
 int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len)
 {
 	return __page_symlink(inode, symname, len,
-			mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping));
+			!(mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping) & __GFP_FS));
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index d319b49..90f292b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 		file->f_path.dentry->d_name.name,
 		mapping->host->i_ino, len, (long long) pos);
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index 145c2d3..ed04f47 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -2561,7 +2561,7 @@
 	}
 
 	index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*pagep = page;
diff --git a/fs/smbfs/file.c b/fs/smbfs/file.c
index e4f8d51..92d5e8f 100644
--- a/fs/smbfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/smbfs/file.c
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 			struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
 {
 	pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-	*pagep = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	*pagep = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!*pagep)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index fe82d24..bf37374 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@
 }
 
 static int write_begin_slow(struct address_space *mapping,
-			    loff_t pos, unsigned len, struct page **pagep)
+			    loff_t pos, unsigned len, struct page **pagep,
+			    unsigned flags)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		return err;
 
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (unlikely(!page)) {
 		ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@
 		return -EROFS;
 
 	/* Try out the fast-path part first */
-	page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (unlikely(!page))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@
 		unlock_page(page);
 		page_cache_release(page);
 
-		return write_begin_slow(mapping, pos, len, pagep);
+		return write_begin_slow(mapping, pos, len, pagep, flags);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e2170ee..f2a30101 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@
 
 #define AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE	0x0001 /* will not do a short write */
 #define AOP_FLAG_CONT_EXPAND		0x0002 /* called from cont_expand */
+#define AOP_FLAG_NOFS			0x0004 /* used by filesystem to direct
+						* helper code (eg buffer layer)
+						* to clear GFP_FS from alloc */
 
 /*
  * oh the beauties of C type declarations.
@@ -2035,7 +2038,7 @@
 extern void *page_follow_link_light(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *);
 extern void page_put_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *, void *);
 extern int __page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len,
-		gfp_t gfp_mask);
+		int nofs);
 extern int page_symlink(struct inode *inode, const char *symname, int len);
 extern const struct inode_operations page_symlink_inode_operations;
 extern int generic_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int);
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 709742b..01ca085 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@
 unsigned find_get_pages_tag(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t *index,
 			int tag, unsigned int nr_pages, struct page **pages);
 
-struct page *__grab_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index);
+struct page *grab_cache_page_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
+			pgoff_t index, unsigned flags);
 
 /*
  * Returns locked page at given index in given cache, creating it if needed.
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index f3e5f89..f8c6927 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2140,19 +2140,24 @@
  * Find or create a page at the given pagecache position. Return the locked
  * page. This function is specifically for buffered writes.
  */
-struct page *__grab_cache_page(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index)
+struct page *grab_cache_page_write_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
+					pgoff_t index, unsigned flags)
 {
 	int status;
 	struct page *page;
+	gfp_t gfp_notmask = 0;
+	if (flags & AOP_FLAG_NOFS)
+		gfp_notmask = __GFP_FS;
 repeat:
 	page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
 	if (likely(page))
 		return page;
 
-	page = page_cache_alloc(mapping);
+	page = __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~gfp_notmask);
 	if (!page)
 		return NULL;
-	status = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index, GFP_KERNEL);
+	status = add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index,
+						GFP_KERNEL & ~gfp_notmask);
 	if (unlikely(status)) {
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		if (status == -EEXIST)
@@ -2161,7 +2166,7 @@
 	}
 	return page;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__grab_cache_page);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_write_begin);
 
 static ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *file,
 				struct iov_iter *i, loff_t pos)