diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 2d811e57b3320771f05c460d03800860f347aa64..ef1233b096836726c4de05ede15dc6737c674e3a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ xfs_mountfs(
 	 * Allocate and initialize the per-ag data.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_init(&mp->m_perag_lock);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mp->m_perag_tree, GFP_NOFS);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&mp->m_perag_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	error = xfs_initialize_perag(mp, sbp->sb_agcount, &mp->m_maxagi);
 	if (error) {
 		cmn_err(CE_WARN, "XFS: Failed per-ag init: %d", error);