diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index a59dd1a6b74a..97e2da0d3b27 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static int cgroup_idr_alloc(struct idr *idr, void *ptr, int start, int end,
 
 	idr_preload(gfp_mask);
 	spin_lock_bh(&cgroup_idr_lock);
-	ret = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, start, end, gfp_mask);
+	ret = idr_alloc(idr, ptr, start, end, gfp_mask & ~__GFP_WAIT);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&cgroup_idr_lock);
 	idr_preload_end();
 	return ret;
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int cgroup_setup_root(struct cgroup_root *root, unsigned long ss_mask)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cgroup_mutex);
 
-	ret = cgroup_idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, root_cgrp, 1, 2, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	ret = cgroup_idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, root_cgrp, 1, 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 	root_cgrp->id = ret;
@@ -4582,7 +4582,7 @@ static int create_css(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_subsys *ss,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_free_css;
 
-	err = cgroup_idr_alloc(&ss->css_idr, NULL, 2, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	err = cgroup_idr_alloc(&ss->css_idr, NULL, 2, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_free_percpu_ref;
 	css->id = err;
@@ -4659,7 +4659,7 @@ static int cgroup_mkdir(struct kernfs_node *parent_kn, const char *name,
 	 * Temporarily set the pointer to NULL, so idr_find() won't return
 	 * a half-baked cgroup.
 	 */
-	cgrp->id = cgroup_idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 2, 0, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	cgrp->id = cgroup_idr_alloc(&root->cgroup_idr, NULL, 2, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (cgrp->id < 0) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_cancel_ref;