diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index b640ad8..adc877d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@
 	 * from the parent.
 	 */
 	page_count = (u32)calc_pages_for(0, length);
-	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(page_count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(page_count, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (IS_ERR(pages)) {
 		result = PTR_ERR(pages);
 		pages = NULL;
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@
 	 */
 	size = sizeof (__le64) + sizeof (__le32) + sizeof (__le32);
 	page_count = (u32)calc_pages_for(0, size);
-	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(page_count, GFP_KERNEL);
+	pages = ceph_alloc_page_vector(page_count, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (IS_ERR(pages)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(pages);
 		goto fail_stat_request;