diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index fdac48aec5ef..8fff08c4c360 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(struct queue_limits *lim, int node_id)
 	struct request_queue *q;
 	int error;
 
-	q = kmem_cache_alloc_node(blk_requestq_cachep, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+	q = kmem_cache_alloc_node(blk_requestq_cachep, GFP_NOFS | __GFP_ZERO,
 				  node_id);
 	if (!q)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);