diff --git a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
index 6578bb20..2220122f 100644
--- a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
+++ b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/control.c
@@ -1750,13 +1750,13 @@ int mcexec_open_exec(ihk_os_t os, char * __user filename)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pathbuf) {
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	kfilename = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	kfilename = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!kfilename) {
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 		kfree(pathbuf);
diff --git a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
index 3d98b2cf..402df0c3 100644
--- a/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
+++ b/executer/kernel/mcctrl/syscall.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ static int pager_get_path(struct file *file, char *path) {
 	int error = 0;
 	char *pathbuf, *fullpath;
 
-	pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+	pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pathbuf) {
 		printk("%s: ERROR: allocating path\n", __FUNCTION__);
 		error = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ static int pager_req_create(ihk_os_t os, int fd, uintptr_t result_pa)
 			{
 				char *pathbuf, *fullpath;
 
-				pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_TEMPORARY);
+				pathbuf = kmalloc(PATH_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
 				if (pathbuf) {
 					fullpath = d_path(&file->f_path, pathbuf, PATH_MAX);
 					if (!IS_ERR(fullpath)) {