diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index bd0bb6dfcdf..2847bbc1c53 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -2261,9 +2261,9 @@ xfs_da_buf_make(int nbuf, xfs_buf_t **bps, inst_t *ra)
 	int		off;
 
 	if (nbuf == 1)
-		dabuf = kmem_zone_alloc(xfs_dabuf_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+		dabuf = kmem_zone_alloc(xfs_dabuf_zone, KM_NOFS);
 	else
-		dabuf = kmem_alloc(XFS_DA_BUF_SIZE(nbuf), KM_SLEEP);
+		dabuf = kmem_alloc(XFS_DA_BUF_SIZE(nbuf), KM_NOFS);
 	dabuf->dirty = 0;
 #ifdef XFS_DABUF_DEBUG
 	dabuf->ra = ra;