diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 77f93a1e65c7..f65ace58dd2c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -670,12 +670,12 @@ static int create_snapshot(struct btrfs_root *root, struct inode *dir,
 	if (!test_bit(BTRFS_ROOT_REF_COWS, &root->state))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	pending_snapshot = kzalloc(sizeof(*pending_snapshot), GFP_NOFS);
+	pending_snapshot = kzalloc(sizeof(*pending_snapshot), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pending_snapshot)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pending_snapshot->root_item = kzalloc(sizeof(struct btrfs_root_item),
-			GFP_NOFS);
+			GFP_KERNEL);
 	pending_snapshot->path = btrfs_alloc_path();
 	if (!pending_snapshot->root_item || !pending_snapshot->path) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;