diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 #define	GFP_NOWAIT	M_NOWAIT
 #define	GFP_ATOMIC	(M_NOWAIT | M_USE_RESERVE)
-#define	GFP_KERNEL	M_WAITOK
+#define	GFP_KERNEL	M_NOWAIT
 #define	GFP_USER	M_WAITOK
 #define	GFP_HIGHUSER	M_WAITOK
 #define	GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE	M_WAITOK
diff --git a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_shmemfs.c b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_shmemfs.c
--- a/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_shmemfs.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linuxkpi/common/src/linux_shmemfs.c
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@
 	struct page *page;
 	int rv;
 
+#if 0
 	if ((gfp & GFP_NOWAIT) != 0)
 		panic("GFP_NOWAIT is unimplemented");
+#endif
 
 	VM_OBJECT_WLOCK(obj);
 	rv = vm_page_grab_valid(&page, obj, pindex, VM_ALLOC_NORMAL |