diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index eb310caf13b1..71c8c9d2b882 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -1572,8 +1572,7 @@ xfs_vm_write_begin(
 
 	ASSERT(len <= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
-	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index,
-					   flags | AOP_FLAG_NOFS);
+	page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
 	if (!page)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index c4cd6d47f523..27e0e544e963 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,7 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
 	struct inode		*inode = &ip->i_vnode;
+	gfp_t			gfp_mask;
 
 	inode->i_ino = ip->i_ino;
 	inode->i_state = I_NEW;
@@ -1229,6 +1230,14 @@ xfs_setup_inode(
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Ensure all page cache allocations are done from GFP_NOFS context to
+	 * prevent direct reclaim recursion back into the filesystem and blowing
+	 * stacks or deadlocking.
+	 */
+	gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping);
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, (gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_FS)));
+
 	/*
 	 * If there is no attribute fork no ACL can exist on this inode,
 	 * and it can't have any file capabilities attached to it either.