diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index fcaf2750f68f7..081e77d595d78 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static int read_from_bdev_async(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec,
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_ATOMIC, 1);
+	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 	if (!bio)
 		return -ENOMEM;