diff --git a/block/blk-ioc.c b/block/blk-ioc.c
index f23311e4b201..01580f88fcb3 100644
--- a/block/blk-ioc.c
+++ b/block/blk-ioc.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ int create_task_io_context(struct task_struct *task, gfp_t gfp_flags, int node)
 	atomic_set(&ioc->nr_tasks, 1);
 	atomic_set(&ioc->active_ref, 1);
 	spin_lock_init(&ioc->lock);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&ioc->icq_tree, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_HIGH);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&ioc->icq_tree, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&ioc->icq_list);
 	INIT_WORK(&ioc->release_work, ioc_release_fn);