diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index cfbafc937ee5..8da67d5717c8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -3707,7 +3707,7 @@ xfs_iext_add_indirect_multi(
 	 * (all extents past */
 	if (nex2) {
 		byte_diff = nex2 * sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
-		nex2_ep = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *) kmem_alloc(byte_diff, KM_SLEEP);
+		nex2_ep = (xfs_bmbt_rec_t *) kmem_alloc(byte_diff, KM_NOFS);
 		memmove(nex2_ep, &erp->er_extbuf[idx], byte_diff);
 		erp->er_extcount -= nex2;
 		xfs_iext_irec_update_extoffs(ifp, erp_idx + 1, -nex2);
@@ -4007,8 +4007,7 @@ xfs_iext_realloc_direct(
 			ifp->if_u1.if_extents =
 				kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_extents,
 						rnew_size,
-						ifp->if_real_bytes,
-						KM_SLEEP);
+						ifp->if_real_bytes, KM_NOFS);
 		}
 		if (rnew_size > ifp->if_real_bytes) {
 			memset(&ifp->if_u1.if_extents[ifp->if_bytes /
@@ -4067,7 +4066,7 @@ xfs_iext_inline_to_direct(
 	xfs_ifork_t	*ifp,		/* inode fork pointer */
 	int		new_size)	/* number of extents in file */
 {
-	ifp->if_u1.if_extents = kmem_alloc(new_size, KM_SLEEP);
+	ifp->if_u1.if_extents = kmem_alloc(new_size, KM_NOFS);
 	memset(ifp->if_u1.if_extents, 0, new_size);
 	if (ifp->if_bytes) {
 		memcpy(ifp->if_u1.if_extents, ifp->if_u2.if_inline_ext,
@@ -4099,7 +4098,7 @@ xfs_iext_realloc_indirect(
 	} else {
 		ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec = (xfs_ext_irec_t *)
 			kmem_realloc(ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec,
-				new_size, size, KM_SLEEP);
+				new_size, size, KM_NOFS);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4341,11 +4340,10 @@ xfs_iext_irec_init(
 	nextents = ifp->if_bytes / (uint)sizeof(xfs_bmbt_rec_t);
 	ASSERT(nextents <= XFS_LINEAR_EXTS);
 
-	erp = (xfs_ext_irec_t *)
-		kmem_alloc(sizeof(xfs_ext_irec_t), KM_SLEEP);
+	erp = kmem_alloc(sizeof(xfs_ext_irec_t), KM_NOFS);
 
 	if (nextents == 0) {
-		ifp->if_u1.if_extents = kmem_alloc(XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ, KM_SLEEP);
+		ifp->if_u1.if_extents = kmem_alloc(XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ, KM_NOFS);
 	} else if (!ifp->if_real_bytes) {
 		xfs_iext_inline_to_direct(ifp, XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ);
 	} else if (ifp->if_real_bytes < XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ) {
@@ -4393,7 +4391,7 @@ xfs_iext_irec_new(
 
 	/* Initialize new extent record */
 	erp = ifp->if_u1.if_ext_irec;
-	erp[erp_idx].er_extbuf = kmem_alloc(XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ, KM_SLEEP);
+	erp[erp_idx].er_extbuf = kmem_alloc(XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ, KM_NOFS);
 	ifp->if_real_bytes = nlists * XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ;
 	memset(erp[erp_idx].er_extbuf, 0, XFS_IEXT_BUFSZ);
 	erp[erp_idx].er_extcount = 0;