diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
index 5ba2dac5e67c492a1a9fe5047995899290e25220..c06ec77a94182d346a7b96e3f1d47c3bcca0b5e0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc_btree.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ xfs_allocbt_init_cursor(
 
 	ASSERT(btnum == XFS_BTNUM_BNO || btnum == XFS_BTNUM_CNT);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
index 8007d2ba9aef9c1c40e6f7159fc2a75a9d142213..049fa597ae91d0e1beaae18757b321290f56fc6b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap_btree.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ xfs_bmbt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 	ASSERT(whichfork != XFS_COW_FORK);
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
index eab68ae2e01184c3441eda64f2deb86773645015..6c6b95947e716d9d56f6cccc8ba870bfe673297c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_ialloc_btree.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ xfs_inobt_init_cursor(
 	struct xfs_agi		*agi = XFS_BUF_TO_AGI(agbp);
 	struct xfs_btree_cur	*cur;
 
-	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+	cur = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_btree_cur_zone, KM_NOFS);
 
 	cur->bc_tp = tp;
 	cur->bc_mp = mp;