diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 433843911adb..a0e2c1918cb8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 76c8ae4b2fbcbc92601c48e1b534c35638c8d597
+refs/heads/master: 49d0e64b6a61acea3bcdd6b36be3972111edecc5
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
index fac31730addf..1cf640e575da 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ void iscsi_post_host_event(uint32_t host_no, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 	struct iscsi_uevent *ev;
 	int len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*ev) + data_size);
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!skb) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "gracefully ignored host event (%d):%d OOM\n",
 		       host_no, code);
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ void iscsi_post_host_event(uint32_t host_no, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 	if (data_size)
 		memcpy((char *)ev + sizeof(*ev), data, data_size);
 
-	iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_ISCSID, GFP_KERNEL);
+	iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_ISCSID, GFP_NOIO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_post_host_event);
 
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ void iscsi_ping_comp_event(uint32_t host_no, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 	struct iscsi_uevent *ev;
 	int len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*ev) + data_size);
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!skb) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "gracefully ignored ping comp: OOM\n");
 		return;
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ void iscsi_ping_comp_event(uint32_t host_no, struct iscsi_transport *transport,
 	ev->r.ping_comp.data_size = data_size;
 	memcpy((char *)ev + sizeof(*ev), data, data_size);
 
-	iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_ISCSID, GFP_KERNEL);
+	iscsi_multicast_skb(skb, ISCSI_NL_GRP_ISCSID, GFP_NOIO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iscsi_ping_comp_event);