1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 7f81397eeec2..1bb4365e8c25 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -317,9 +317,10 @@ xfs_iget_cache_miss(
         /*
          * Preload the radix tree so we can insert safely under the
          * write spinlock. Note that we cannot sleep inside the preload
-         * region.
+         * region. Since we can be called from transaction context, don't
+         * recurse into the file system.
          */
-        if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL)) {
+        if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_NOFS)) {
                 error = EAGAIN;
                 goto out_destroy;
         }