diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
index a3f0d209fce523173b2fe8b389405ad5609de1de..d690ef702522d61d3f5e64bc9c68953f52729739 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/btrfs.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 
 #include "ctree.h"
 #include "transaction.h"
@@ -1324,13 +1325,17 @@ int btrfs_add_qgroup_relation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 src,
 	struct btrfs_qgroup *member;
 	struct btrfs_qgroup_list *list;
 	struct ulist *tmp;
+	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Check the level of src and dst first */
 	if (btrfs_qgroup_level(src) >= btrfs_qgroup_level(dst))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* We hold a transaction handle open, must do a NOFS allocation. */
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	tmp = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1387,10 +1392,14 @@ static int __del_qgroup_relation(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 src,
 	struct btrfs_qgroup_list *list;
 	struct ulist *tmp;
 	bool found = false;
+	unsigned int nofs_flag;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int ret2;
 
+	/* We hold a transaction handle open, must do a NOFS allocation. */
+	nofs_flag = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	tmp = ulist_alloc(GFP_KERNEL);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs_flag);
 	if (!tmp)
 		return -ENOMEM;