diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 9692fa4c3ef2..0d69572fe1ce 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -4443,8 +4443,11 @@ struct gendisk *__blk_mq_alloc_disk(struct blk_mq_tag_set *set,
 {
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
+	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	q = blk_mq_alloc_queue(set, lim, queuedata);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	if (IS_ERR(q))
 		return ERR_CAST(q);