diff --git a/fs/erofs/compress.h b/fs/erofs/compress.h
index b1b846504027..6490d2d3d248 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/compress.h
+++ b/fs/erofs/compress.h
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@
 struct z_erofs_decompress_req {
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	struct page **in, **out;
-
 	unsigned short pageofs_in, pageofs_out;
 	unsigned int inputsize, outputsize;
 
-	/* indicate the algorithm will be used for decompression */
-	unsigned int alg;
+	unsigned int alg;       /* the algorithm for decompression */
 	bool inplace_io, partial_decoding, fillgaps;
+	gfp_t gfp;      /* allocation flags for extra temporary buffers */
 };
 
 struct z_erofs_decompressor {
diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
index 38c7f9c96c68..40be7428a9bc 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor.c
@@ -112,8 +112,9 @@ static int z_erofs_lz4_prepare_dstpages(struct z_erofs_lz4_decompress_ctx *ctx,
 			victim = availables[--top];
 			get_page(victim);
 		} else {
-			victim = erofs_allocpage(pagepool,
-						 GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+			victim = erofs_allocpage(pagepool, rq->gfp);
+			if (!victim)
+				return -ENOMEM;
 			set_page_private(victim, Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE);
 		}
 		rq->out[i] = victim;
diff --git a/fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.c b/fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.c
index 42ef0dc8736d..3b0f16faa190 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ again:
 }
 
 int z_erofs_lzma_decompress(struct z_erofs_decompress_req *rq,
-			    struct page **pagepool)
+			    struct page **pgpl)
 {
 	const unsigned int nrpages_out =
 		PAGE_ALIGN(rq->pageofs_out + rq->outputsize) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -218,8 +218,11 @@ again:
 						   PAGE_SIZE - pageofs);
 			outlen -= strm->buf.out_size;
 			if (!rq->out[no] && rq->fillgaps) {	/* deduped */
-				rq->out[no] = erofs_allocpage(pagepool,
-						GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+				rq->out[no] = erofs_allocpage(pgpl, rq->gfp);
+				if (!rq->out[no]) {
+					err = -ENOMEM;
+					break;
+				}
 				set_page_private(rq->out[no],
 						 Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE);
 			}
@@ -261,8 +264,11 @@ again:
 
 			DBG_BUGON(erofs_page_is_managed(EROFS_SB(rq->sb),
 							rq->in[j]));
-			tmppage = erofs_allocpage(pagepool,
-						  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+			tmppage = erofs_allocpage(pgpl, rq->gfp);
+			if (!tmppage) {
+				err = -ENOMEM;
+				goto failed;
+			}
 			set_page_private(tmppage, Z_EROFS_SHORTLIVED_PAGE);
 			copy_highpage(tmppage, rq->in[j]);
 			rq->in[j] = tmppage;
@@ -280,6 +286,7 @@ again:
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+failed:
 	if (no < nrpages_out && strm->buf.out)
 		kunmap(rq->out[no]);
 	if (ni < nrpages_in)
diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
index 98e1c5713e37..25511f0ae3aa 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ struct z_erofs_pcluster {
 	/* L: indicate several pageofs_outs or not */
 	bool multibases;
 
+	/* L: whether extra buffer allocations are best-effort */
+	bool besteffort;
+
 	/* A: compressed bvecs (can be cached or inplaced pages) */
 	struct z_erofs_bvec compressed_bvecs[];
 };
@@ -972,7 +975,7 @@ static int z_erofs_read_fragment(struct super_block *sb, struct page *page,
 }
 
 static int z_erofs_do_read_page(struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *fe,
-				struct page *page)
+				struct page *page, bool ra)
 {
 	struct inode *const inode = fe->inode;
 	struct erofs_map_blocks *const map = &fe->map;
@@ -1023,6 +1026,7 @@ repeat:
 		err = z_erofs_pcluster_begin(fe);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
+		fe->pcl->besteffort |= !ra;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1305,6 +1309,9 @@ static int z_erofs_decompress_pcluster(struct z_erofs_decompress_backend *be,
 					.inplace_io = overlapped,
 					.partial_decoding = pcl->partial,
 					.fillgaps = pcl->multibases,
+					.gfp = pcl->besteffort ?
+						GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL :
+						GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NORETRY
 				 }, be->pagepool);
 
 out:
@@ -1350,6 +1357,7 @@ out:
 	pcl->length = 0;
 	pcl->partial = true;
 	pcl->multibases = false;
+	pcl->besteffort = false;
 	pcl->bvset.nextpage = NULL;
 	pcl->vcnt = 0;
 
@@ -1815,7 +1823,7 @@ static void z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(struct z_erofs_decompress_frontend *f,
 			if (PageUptodate(page)) {
 				unlock_page(page);
 			} else {
-				err = z_erofs_do_read_page(f, page);
+				err = z_erofs_do_read_page(f, page, !!rac);
 				if (err)
 					erofs_err(inode->i_sb,
 						  "readmore error at page %lu @ nid %llu",
@@ -1842,7 +1850,7 @@ static int z_erofs_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
 	f.headoffset = (erofs_off_t)page->index << PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(&f, NULL, true);
-	err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page);
+	err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page, false);
 	z_erofs_pcluster_readmore(&f, NULL, false);
 	z_erofs_pcluster_end(&f);
 
@@ -1883,7 +1891,7 @@ static void z_erofs_readahead(struct readahead_control *rac)
 		/* traversal in reverse order */
 		head = (void *)page_private(page);
 
-		err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page);
+		err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page, true);
 		if (err)
 			erofs_err(inode->i_sb,
 				  "readahead error at page %lu @ nid %llu",