diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index a6cff8edcdb6..71e90dc2aeb1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 	 * It didn't all fit, so we have to sort everything on hashval.
 	 */
 	sbsize = sf->hdr.count * sizeof(*sbuf);
-	sbp = sbuf = kmem_alloc(sbsize, KM_SLEEP);
+	sbp = sbuf = kmem_alloc(sbsize, KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 
 	/*
 	 * Scan the attribute list for the rest of the entries, storing
@@ -2386,7 +2386,7 @@ xfs_attr_leaf_list_int(xfs_dabuf_t *bp, xfs_attr_list_context_t *context)
 				args.dp = context->dp;
 				args.whichfork = XFS_ATTR_FORK;
 				args.valuelen = valuelen;
-				args.value = kmem_alloc(valuelen, KM_SLEEP);
+				args.value = kmem_alloc(valuelen, KM_SLEEP | KM_NOFS);
 				args.rmtblkno = be32_to_cpu(name_rmt->valueblk);
 				args.rmtblkcnt = XFS_B_TO_FSB(args.dp->i_mount, valuelen);
 				retval = xfs_attr_rmtval_get(&args);