diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_alloc.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_alloc.c
index 3de0767b6d..b586d7b7df 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_alloc.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_alloc.c
@@ -79,13 +79,7 @@ linux_alloc(unsigned int asize, int drop_glock)
     /*  if we can use kmalloc use it to allocate the required memory. */
     while (!new && max_retry) {
 	if (asize <= MAX_KMALLOC_SIZE) {
-	    new = (void *)(unsigned long)kmalloc(asize,
-#ifdef GFP_NOFS
-						 GFP_NOFS
-#else
-						 GFP_KERNEL
-#endif
-		);
+	    new = (void *)(unsigned long)kmalloc(asize, GFP_NOFS);
 	    if (new)		/* piggy back alloc type */
 		new = (void *)(KM_TYPE | (unsigned long)new);
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_cred.c b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_cred.c
index f402a57463..3a0988b0b3 100644
--- a/src/afs/LINUX/osi_cred.c
+++ b/src/afs/LINUX/osi_cred.c
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ crget(void)
 {
     cred_t *tmp;
     
-#if !defined(GFP_NOFS)
-#define GFP_NOFS GFP_KERNEL
-#endif
     tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(cred_t), GFP_NOFS);
     memset(tmp, 0, sizeof(cred_t));
     if (!tmp)