diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
index 3c0e45f4dcf5cdf06d79b0c9d107d7455a0b6ad7..a44183ff4be0a3bd4219a7bf5854622aeca79db2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ static int dmz_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Chunk BIO work */
 	mutex_init(&dmz->chunk_lock);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dmz->chunk_rxtree, GFP_KERNEL);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dmz->chunk_rxtree, GFP_NOIO);
 	dmz->chunk_wq = alloc_workqueue("dmz_cwq_%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM | WQ_UNBOUND,
 					0, dev->name);
 	if (!dmz->chunk_wq) {