diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
index db15feb906fffa0e38b0e44f23ef3967faea33fd..bfb583791fe2585e92541f4c60e85245d59d9862 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -2141,8 +2141,8 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_set(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 		dblkno = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map.br_startblock),
 		blkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map.br_blockcount);
 
-		bp = xfs_buf_get_flags(mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno,
-							blkcnt, XFS_BUF_LOCK);
+		bp = xfs_buf_get_flags(mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno, blkcnt,
+				       XFS_BUF_LOCK | XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 		ASSERT(bp);
 		ASSERT(!XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp));