diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index b00682e57393..9ae05c584234 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static int setup_blkring(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 
 	info->ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
 
-	sring = (struct blkif_sring *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	sring = (struct blkif_sring *)__get_free_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!sring) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, -ENOMEM, "allocating shared ring");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@ static int blkif_recover(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	int j;
 
 	/* Stage 1: Make a safe copy of the shadow state. */
-	copy = kmalloc(sizeof(info->shadow), GFP_KERNEL);
+	copy = kmalloc(sizeof(info->shadow),
+		       GFP_NOIO | __GFP_REPEAT | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!copy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	memcpy(copy, info->shadow, sizeof(info->shadow));
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index d26f69b0184f..ef671d1a3bf0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static int setup_netfront(struct xenbus_device *dev, struct netfront_info *info)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	txs = (struct xen_netif_tx_sring *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	txs = (struct xen_netif_tx_sring *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!txs) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "allocating tx ring page");
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ static int setup_netfront(struct xenbus_device *dev, struct netfront_info *info)
 	}
 
 	info->tx_ring_ref = err;
-	rxs = (struct xen_netif_rx_sring *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	rxs = (struct xen_netif_rx_sring *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!rxs) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "allocating rx ring page");
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
index 0f86b0ff7879..9678b3e98c63 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_client.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int xenbus_watch_pathfmt(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	char *path;
 
 	va_start(ap, pathfmt);
-	path = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, pathfmt, ap);
+	path = kvasprintf(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH, pathfmt, ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 
 	if (!path) {
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
index 227d53b12a5c..7f2f91c0e11d 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
@@ -283,9 +283,9 @@ static char *join(const char *dir, const char *name)
 	char *buffer;
 
 	if (strlen(name) == 0)
-		buffer = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s", dir);
+		buffer = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH, "%s", dir);
 	else
-		buffer = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", dir, name);
+		buffer = kasprintf(GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH, "%s/%s", dir, name);
 	return (!buffer) ? ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) : buffer;
 }
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static char **split(char *strings, unsigned int len, unsigned int *num)
 	*num = count_strings(strings, len);
 
 	/* Transfer to one big alloc for easy freeing. */
-	ret = kmalloc(*num * sizeof(char *) + len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = kmalloc(*num * sizeof(char *) + len, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (!ret) {
 		kfree(strings);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static int process_msg(void)
 	}
 
 
-	msg = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg), GFP_KERNEL);
+	msg = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg), GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (msg == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static int process_msg(void)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	body = kmalloc(msg->hdr.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	body = kmalloc(msg->hdr.len + 1, GFP_NOIO | __GFP_HIGH);
 	if (body == NULL) {
 		kfree(msg);
 		err = -ENOMEM;