diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index 4515b128d0b48e02cf6fe961026682c38d275f9e..a5ebcf28e041201e18bad990e76cdc84449f22fb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ static struct rbd_img_request *rbd_img_request_create(
 {
 	struct rbd_img_request *img_request;
 
-	img_request = kmem_cache_alloc(rbd_img_request_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	img_request = kmem_cache_alloc(rbd_img_request_cache, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!img_request)
 		return NULL;