diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index f223f01b4e1c17adccffc46c01352d84a330aac4..4aadd081817932d6c25e0819da5be734dbb42405 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static inline void drbd_md_flush(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	if (test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
 		return;
 
-	r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_NOIO, NULL);
 	if (r) {
 		set_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags);
 		dev_err(DEV, "meta data flush failed with status %d, disabling md-flushes\n", r);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 377f27bbba1782e678d43737803025e52bb1623f..d348260301f11505d9e9edbd378808350da6d03e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ struct fifo_buffer *fifo_alloc(int fifo_size)
 {
 	struct fifo_buffer *fb;
 
-	fb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fifo_buffer) + sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	fb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fifo_buffer) + sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!fb)
 		return NULL;