diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 806525a7269c..840f70f50792 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ start_journal_io:
 	if (commit_transaction->t_need_data_flush &&
 	    (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
 	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
-		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_NOFS, NULL);
 
 	/* Done it all: now write the commit record asynchronously. */
 	if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ wait_for_iobuf:
 	if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
 				      JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT) &&
 	    journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER) {
-		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev, GFP_NOFS, NULL);
 	}
 
 	if (err)