diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 0aa7d424939dcf..02e39a7f22ec0f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static struct btrfs_subvolume_writers *btrfs_alloc_subvolume_writers(void)
 	if (!writers)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	ret = percpu_counter_init(&writers->counter, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = percpu_counter_init(&writers->counter, 0, GFP_NOFS);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		kfree(writers);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);