diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
index 44df131..0d0aa68 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int hid_alloc_buffers(struct usb_device *dev, struct hid_device *hid)
 			&usbhid->inbuf_dma);
 	usbhid->outbuf = usb_alloc_coherent(dev, usbhid->bufsize, GFP_KERNEL,
 			&usbhid->outbuf_dma);
-	usbhid->cr = kmalloc(sizeof(*usbhid->cr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	usbhid->cr = kmalloc(sizeof(*usbhid->cr), GFP_NOIO);
 	usbhid->ctrlbuf = usb_alloc_coherent(dev, usbhid->bufsize, GFP_KERNEL,
 			&usbhid->ctrlbuf_dma);
 	if (!usbhid->inbuf || !usbhid->outbuf || !usbhid->cr ||
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static int usbhid_parse(struct hid_device *hid)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!(rdesc = kmalloc(rsize, GFP_KERNEL))) {
+	if (!(rdesc = kmalloc(rsize, GFP_NOIO))) {
 		dbg_hid("couldn't allocate rdesc memory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index f9e96c4..31d8b12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int init_status (struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	period = max ((int) dev->status->desc.bInterval,
 		(dev->udev->speed == USB_SPEED_HIGH) ? 7 : 3);
 
-	buf = kmalloc (maxp, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc (maxp, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (buf) {
 		dev->interrupt = usb_alloc_urb (0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dev->interrupt) {
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ int usbnet_resume (struct usb_interface *intf)
 
 	if (!--dev->suspend_count) {
 		/* resume interrupt URB if it was previously submitted */
-		__usbnet_status_start_force(dev, GFP_NOIO);
+		__usbnet_status_start_force(dev, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&dev->txq.lock);
 		while ((res = usb_get_from_anchor(&dev->deferred))) {
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ int usbnet_resume (struct usb_interface *intf)
 			if (netif_device_present(dev->net) &&
 				!timer_pending(&dev->delay) &&
 				!test_bit(EVENT_RX_HALT, &dev->flags))
-					rx_alloc_submit(dev, GFP_NOIO);
+					rx_alloc_submit(dev, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 			if (!(dev->txq.qlen >= TX_QLEN(dev)))
 				netif_tx_wake_all_queues(dev->net);
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ static int __usbnet_read_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 		   cmd, reqtype, value, index, size);
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ static int __usbnet_write_cmd(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 		   cmd, reqtype, value, index, size);
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!buf)
 			goto out;
 	}
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ int usbnet_write_cmd_async(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 	}
 
 	if (data) {
-		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		buf = kmemdup(data, size, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!buf) {
 			netdev_err(dev->net, "Error allocating buffer"
 				   " in %s!\n", __func__);
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ int usbnet_write_cmd_async(struct usbnet *dev, u8 cmd, u8 reqtype,
 		}
 	}
 
-	req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	req = kmalloc(sizeof(struct usb_ctrlrequest), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!req)
 		goto fail_free_buf;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
index 062967c..f5da439 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
 	if (!dev->rawdescriptors)
 		goto err2;
 
-	desc = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	desc = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!desc)
 		goto err2;
 
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev)
 		    USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE);
 
 		/* Now that we know the length, get the whole thing */
-		bigbuffer = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
+		bigbuffer = kmalloc(length, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!bigbuffer) {
 			result = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ int usb_get_bos_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev)
 	int length, total_len, num, i;
 	int ret;
 
-	bos = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usb_bos_descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	bos = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usb_bos_descriptor), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!bos)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ int usb_get_bos_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Now let's get the whole BOS descriptor set */
-	buffer = kzalloc(total_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buffer = kzalloc(total_len, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!buffer) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
index 2a3bbdf..c78eedd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static ssize_t usb_device_dump(char __user **buffer, size_t *nbytes,
 		return 0;
 	/* allocate 2^1 pages = 8K (on i386);
 	 * should be more than enough for one device */
-	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_NOIO, 1);
+	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 1);
 	if (!pages_start)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
index d498d03..87b0b6b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
 			hcd = bus_to_hcd(hdev->bus);
 			if (hcd->driver->update_hub_device) {
 				ret = hcd->driver->update_hub_device(hcd, hdev,
-						&hub->tt, GFP_NOIO);
+						&hub->tt, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (ret < 0) {
 					dev_err(hub->intfdev, "Host not "
 							"accepting hub info "
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
  init3:
 	hub->quiescing = 0;
 
-	status = usb_submit_urb(hub->urb, GFP_NOIO);
+	status = usb_submit_urb(hub->urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (status < 0)
 		dev_err(hub->intfdev, "activate --> %d\n", status);
 	if (hub->has_indicators && blinkenlights)
@@ -1296,20 +1296,20 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub,
 	unsigned unit_load;
 	unsigned full_load;
 
-	hub->buffer = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hub->buffer = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->buffer), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!hub->buffer) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	hub->status = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hub->status = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->status), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!hub->status) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	mutex_init(&hub->status_mutex);
 
-	hub->descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->descriptor), GFP_KERNEL);
+	hub->descriptor = kmalloc(sizeof(*hub->descriptor), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!hub->descriptor) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
@@ -3464,9 +3464,9 @@ static int usb_req_set_sel(struct usb_device *udev, enum usb3_link_state state)
 	/*
 	 * usb_enable_lpm() can be called as part of a failed device reset,
 	 * which may be initiated by an error path of a mass storage driver.
-	 * Therefore, use GFP_NOIO.
+	 * Therefore, use GFP_KERNEL.
 	 */
-	sel_values = kmalloc(sizeof *(sel_values), GFP_NOIO);
+	sel_values = kmalloc(sizeof *(sel_values), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sel_values)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -4299,7 +4299,7 @@ check_highspeed (struct usb_hub *hub, struct usb_device *udev, int port1)
 	struct usb_qualifier_descriptor	*qual;
 	int				status;
 
-	qual = kmalloc (sizeof *qual, GFP_KERNEL);
+	qual = kmalloc (sizeof *qual, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (qual == NULL)
 		return;
 
@@ -5030,7 +5030,7 @@ static int descriptors_changed(struct usb_device *udev,
 		len = max(len, old_length);
 	}
 
-	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_NOIO);
+	buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buf == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&udev->dev, "no mem to re-read configs after reset\n");
 		/* assume the worst */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/message.c b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
index f829a1a..91aa41a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int usb_start_wait_urb(struct urb *urb, int timeout, int *actual_length)
 	init_completion(&ctx.done);
 	urb->context = &ctx;
 	urb->actual_length = 0;
-	retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_NOIO);
+	retval = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (unlikely(retval))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int usb_internal_control_msg(struct usb_device *usb_dev,
 	int retv;
 	int length;
 
-	urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_NOIO);
+	urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!urb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -869,11 +869,11 @@ char *usb_cache_string(struct usb_device *udev, int index)
 	if (index <= 0)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE, GFP_NOIO);
+	buf = kmalloc(MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buf) {
 		len = usb_string(udev, index, buf, MAX_USB_STRING_SIZE);
 		if (len > 0) {
-			smallbuf = kmalloc(++len, GFP_NOIO);
+			smallbuf = kmalloc(++len, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!smallbuf)
 				return buf;
 			memcpy(smallbuf, buf, len);
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ int usb_get_device_descriptor(struct usb_device *dev, unsigned int size)
 int usb_get_status(struct usb_device *dev, int type, int target, void *data)
 {
 	int ret;
-	__le16 *status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_KERNEL);
+	__le16 *status = kmalloc(sizeof(*status), GFP_NOIO);
 
 	if (!status)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_device *dev, int configuration)
 	if (cp) {
 		nintf = cp->desc.bNumInterfaces;
 		new_interfaces = kmalloc(nintf * sizeof(*new_interfaces),
-				GFP_NOIO);
+				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!new_interfaces) {
 			dev_err(&dev->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_device *dev, int configuration)
 		for (; n < nintf; ++n) {
 			new_interfaces[n] = kzalloc(
 					sizeof(struct usb_interface),
-					GFP_NOIO);
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!new_interfaces[n]) {
 				dev_err(&dev->dev, "Out of memory\n");
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-mem.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-mem.c
index c0fb6a8..107f41d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-mem.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static struct ehci_qh *ehci_qh_alloc (struct ehci_hcd *ehci, gfp_t flags)
 	struct ehci_qh		*qh;
 	dma_addr_t		dma;
 
-	qh = kzalloc(sizeof *qh, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	qh = kzalloc(sizeof *qh, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!qh)
 		goto done;
 	qh->hw = (struct ehci_qh_hw *)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hub.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hub.c
index 9992fbf..10f539c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-hub.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int xhci_stop_device(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, int slot_id, int suspend)
 
 	ret = 0;
 	virt_dev = xhci->devs[slot_id];
-	cmd = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, true, GFP_NOIO);
+	cmd = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, true, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cmd) {
 		xhci_dbg(xhci, "Couldn't allocate command structure.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index cca2896..9b5c07e 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ int xhci_urb_enqueue(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
 		size = 1;
 
 	urb_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct urb_priv) +
-				  size * sizeof(struct xhci_td *), mem_flags);
+				  size * sizeof(struct xhci_td *), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!urb_priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ int xhci_add_endpoint(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct usb_device *udev,
 	 * process context, not interrupt context (or so documenation
 	 * for usb_set_interface() and usb_set_configuration() claim).
 	 */
-	if (xhci_endpoint_init(xhci, virt_dev, udev, ep, GFP_NOIO) < 0) {
+	if (xhci_endpoint_init(xhci, virt_dev, udev, ep, GFP_KERNEL) < 0) {
 		dev_dbg(&udev->dev, "%s - could not initialize ep %#x\n",
 				__func__, ep->desc.bEndpointAddress);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3435,10 +3435,10 @@ int xhci_discover_or_reset_device(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct usb_device *udev)
 	/* Allocate the command structure that holds the struct completion.
 	 * Assume we're in process context, since the normal device reset
 	 * process has to wait for the device anyway.  Storage devices are
-	 * reset as part of error handling, so use GFP_NOIO instead of
+	 * reset as part of error handling, so use GFP_KERNEL instead of
 	 * GFP_KERNEL.
 	 */
-	reset_device_cmd = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, true, GFP_NOIO);
+	reset_device_cmd = xhci_alloc_command(xhci, false, true, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!reset_device_cmd) {
 		xhci_dbg(xhci, "Couldn't allocate command structure.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3682,11 +3682,11 @@ int xhci_alloc_dev(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct usb_device *udev)
 		}
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&xhci->lock, flags);
 	}
-	/* Use GFP_NOIO, since this function can be called from
+	/* Use GFP_KERNEL, since this function can be called from
 	 * xhci_discover_or_reset_device(), which may be called as part of
 	 * mass storage driver error handling.
 	 */
-	if (!xhci_alloc_virt_device(xhci, xhci->slot_id, udev, GFP_NOIO)) {
+	if (!xhci_alloc_virt_device(xhci, xhci->slot_id, udev, GFP_KERNEL)) {
 		xhci_warn(xhci, "Could not allocate xHCI USB device data structures\n");
 		goto disable_slot;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
index 22c7d43..783f745 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int usb_stor_msg_common(struct us_data *us, int timeout)
 	us->current_urb->transfer_dma = us->iobuf_dma;
 
 	/* submit the URB */
-	status = usb_submit_urb(us->current_urb, GFP_NOIO);
+	status = usb_submit_urb(us->current_urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (status) {
 		/* something went wrong */
 		return status;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist(struct us_data *us, unsigned int pipe,
 	/* initialize the scatter-gather request block */
 	usb_stor_dbg(us, "xfer %u bytes, %d entries\n", length, num_sg);
 	result = usb_sg_init(&us->current_sg, us->pusb_dev, pipe, 0,
-			sg, num_sg, length, GFP_NOIO);
+			sg, num_sg, length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (result) {
 		usb_stor_dbg(us, "usb_sg_init returned %d\n", result);
 		return USB_STOR_XFER_ERROR;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
index 1c0b89f..e34e087 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static int associate_dev(struct us_data *us, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, us);
 
 	/* Allocate the control/setup and DMA-mapped buffers */
-	us->cr = kmalloc(sizeof(*us->cr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	us->cr = kmalloc(sizeof(*us->cr), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!us->cr)
 		return -ENOMEM;