1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 01233d855eb2..2b30ffdb81b2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static void submit_flushes(struct work_struct *ws)
                         atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
                         atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
                         rcu_read_unlock();
-                        bi = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_KERNEL, 0, mddev);
+                        bi = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_NOIO, 0, mddev);
                         bi->bi_end_io = md_end_flush;
                         bi->bi_private = rdev;
                         bi->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;