diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index b5aafc395ea1..28d1f508b578 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ void
 xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(
 	xfs_buftarg_t		*buftarg)
 {
-	blkdev_issue_flush(buftarg->bt_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	blkdev_issue_flush(buftarg->bt_bdev, GFP_NOFS, NULL);
 }
 
 STATIC void