diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 098bb8f690c9..5d46fdc4651c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ static int add_falloc_range(struct list_head *head, u64 start, u64 len)
 		return 0;
 	}
 insert:
-	range = kmalloc(sizeof(*range), GFP_NOFS);
+	range = kmalloc(sizeof(*range), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!range)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	range->start = start;
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ static long btrfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
 			btrfs_put_ordered_extent(ordered);
 			unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree,
 					     alloc_start, locked_end,
-					     &cached_state, GFP_NOFS);
+					     &cached_state, GFP_KERNEL);
 			/*
 			 * we can't wait on the range with the transaction
 			 * running or with the extent lock held
@@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ static long btrfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_extent_cached(&BTRFS_I(inode)->io_tree, alloc_start, locked_end,
-			     &cached_state, GFP_NOFS);
+			     &cached_state, GFP_KERNEL);
 out:
 	/*
 	 * As we waited the extent range, the data_rsv_map must be empty