diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 372208500f4e..083c95126781 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,9 @@ ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find(struct inode *inode, const void *value,
 	if (!ce)
 		return NULL;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_handle_valid(journal_current_handle()) &&
+		     !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS));
+
 	ea_data = kvmalloc(value_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ea_data) {
 		mb_cache_entry_put(ea_inode_cache, ce);
@@ -2327,6 +2330,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
 			error = -ENOSPC;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS));
 	}
 
 	error = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &is.iloc);