diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index f9efaecfc9d1c..2e92c582cda04 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9430,7 +9430,7 @@ struct inode *btrfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	struct btrfs_inode *ei;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
-	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_inode_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	ei = kmem_cache_alloc(btrfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ei)
 		return NULL;