diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index 8496dbf3f38bcaf79ad4652dd15b068d7a417e18..cdd0a16bf4697ac2b0bd5da436ae717934c8a6e9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ int btrfs_read_qgroup_config(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_FS_QUOTA_ENABLED, &fs_info->flags))
 		return 0;
 
-	fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_NOFS);
+	fs_info->qgroup_ulist = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fs_info->qgroup_ulist) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;