diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 4545e2e2ad45..40690e90beee 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1296,9 +1296,10 @@ static void __setup_root(u32 nodesize, u32 sectorsize, u32 stripesize,
 	spin_lock_init(&root->root_item_lock);
 }
 
-static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_alloc_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
+static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_alloc_root(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
+		gfp_t flags)
 {
-	struct btrfs_root *root = kzalloc(sizeof(*root), GFP_NOFS);
+	struct btrfs_root *root = kzalloc(sizeof(*root), flags);
 	if (root)
 		root->fs_info = fs_info;
 	return root;
@@ -1310,7 +1311,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_alloc_dummy_root(void)
 {
 	struct btrfs_root *root;
 
-	root = btrfs_alloc_root(NULL);
+	root = btrfs_alloc_root(NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	__setup_root(4096, 4096, 4096, root, NULL, 1);
@@ -1332,7 +1333,7 @@ struct btrfs_root *btrfs_create_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	int ret = 0;
 	uuid_le uuid;
 
-	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
+	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!root)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -1408,7 +1409,7 @@ static struct btrfs_root *alloc_log_tree(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_root *tree_root = fs_info->tree_root;
 	struct extent_buffer *leaf;
 
-	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
+	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!root)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
@@ -1506,7 +1507,7 @@ static struct btrfs_root *btrfs_read_tree_root(struct btrfs_root *tree_root,
 	if (!path)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
+	root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (!root) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto alloc_fail;
@@ -2385,7 +2386,7 @@ static int btrfs_replay_log(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	log_tree_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
+	log_tree_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!log_tree_root)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -2510,8 +2511,8 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	int backup_index = 0;
 	int max_active;
 
-	tree_root = fs_info->tree_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
-	chunk_root = fs_info->chunk_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info);
+	tree_root = fs_info->tree_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_KERNEL);
+	chunk_root = fs_info->chunk_root = btrfs_alloc_root(fs_info, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tree_root || !chunk_root) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
@@ -2622,7 +2623,7 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fs_info->ordered_roots);
 	spin_lock_init(&fs_info->ordered_root_lock);
 	fs_info->delayed_root = kmalloc(sizeof(struct btrfs_delayed_root),
-					GFP_NOFS);
+					GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fs_info->delayed_root) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail_iput;