diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
index d85776b15176..5832168106de 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-kernel.h
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ struct client_debug_mask {
 #define ORANGEFS_CACHE_CREATE_FLAGS 0
 #endif /* ((defined ORANGEFS_KERNEL_DEBUG) && (defined CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB)) */
 
-#define ORANGEFS_GFP_FLAGS (GFP_KERNEL)
-#define ORANGEFS_BUFMAP_GFP_FLAGS (GFP_KERNEL)
-
 /* orangefs xattr and acl related defines */
 #define ORANGEFS_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS  1
 #define ORANGEFS_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT 2
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/super.c b/fs/orangefs/super.c
index eac24eb7fe80..1eeb0093b62c 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/super.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/super.c
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ static int orangefs_fill_sb(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct orangefs_object_kref root_object;
 
 	/* alloc and init our private orangefs sb info */
-	sb->s_fs_info =
-		kzalloc(sizeof(struct orangefs_sb_info_s), ORANGEFS_GFP_FLAGS);
+	sb->s_fs_info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct orangefs_sb_info_s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ORANGEFS_SB(sb))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ORANGEFS_SB(sb)->sb = sb;