diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 081dff087fc0..01e4652d88f6 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -966,14 +966,8 @@ repeat:
 		if (!frozen_buffer) {
 			JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "allocate memory for buffer");
 			jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-			frozen_buffer = jbd2_alloc(jh2bh(jh)->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
-			if (!frozen_buffer) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "%s: OOM for frozen_buffer\n",
-				       __func__);
-				JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "oom!");
-				error = -ENOMEM;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			frozen_buffer = jbd2_alloc(jh2bh(jh)->b_size,
+						   GFP_NOFS | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 			goto repeat;
 		}
 		jh->b_frozen_data = frozen_buffer;
@@ -1226,15 +1220,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_get_undo_access(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		goto out;
 
 repeat:
-	if (!jh->b_committed_data) {
-		committed_data = jbd2_alloc(jh2bh(jh)->b_size, GFP_NOFS);
-		if (!committed_data) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: No memory for committed data\n",
-				__func__);
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!jh->b_committed_data)
+		committed_data = jbd2_alloc(jh2bh(jh)->b_size,
+					    GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
 	if (!jh->b_committed_data) {