diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index e99be644b19f..096e503e3ddc 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "volumes.h"
 #include "disk-io.h"
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ static int scrub_print_warning_inode(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 root,
 	u32 nlink;
 	int ret;
 	int i;
+	unsigned nofs_flag;
 	struct extent_buffer *eb;
 	struct btrfs_inode_item *inode_item;
 	struct scrub_warning *swarn = warn_ctx;
@@ -771,7 +773,14 @@ static int scrub_print_warning_inode(u64 inum, u64 offset, u64 root,
 	nlink = btrfs_inode_nlink(eb, inode_item);
 	btrfs_release_path(swarn->path);
 
+	/*
+	 * init_path might indirectly call vmalloc, or use GFP_KERNEL. Scrub
+	 * uses GFP_NOFS in this context, so we keep it consistent but it does
+	 * not seem to be strictly necessary.
+	 */
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	ipath = init_ipath(4096, local_root, swarn->path);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	if (IS_ERR(ipath)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ipath);
 		ipath = NULL;