diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 5f461e05cc9c2..e6182d5303773 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -2418,7 +2418,7 @@ static void fixup_low_keys(struct btrfs_path *path,
 			break;
 		t = path->nodes[i];
 		ret = btrfs_tree_mod_log_insert_key(t, tslot,
-				BTRFS_MOD_LOG_KEY_REPLACE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+				BTRFS_MOD_LOG_KEY_REPLACE, GFP_NOFS);
 		BUG_ON(ret < 0);
 		btrfs_set_node_key(t, key, tslot);
 		btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[i]);