diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c61b5f861b94..7954ce24ec42 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc891c9ae3fb2848922e0f0da22fd7de0d58dc1b
+refs/heads/master: 8747d30af97232f9ff4cde78b8d259cc715a9b7a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index f223f01b4e1c..4aadd0818179 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ static inline void drbd_md_flush(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	if (test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
 		return;
 
-	r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	r = blkdev_issue_flush(mdev->ldev->md_bdev, GFP_NOIO, NULL);
 	if (r) {
 		set_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags);
 		dev_err(DEV, "meta data flush failed with status %d, disabling md-flushes\n", r);
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 377f27bbba17..d348260301f1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ struct fifo_buffer *fifo_alloc(int fifo_size)
 {
 	struct fifo_buffer *fb;
 
-	fb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fifo_buffer) + sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	fb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fifo_buffer) + sizeof(int) * fifo_size, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!fb)
 		return NULL;