diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index c4cd6d4..27e0e54 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,7 @@
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip)
 {
 	struct inode		*inode = &ip->i_vnode;
+	gfp_t			gfp_mask;
 
 	inode->i_ino = ip->i_ino;
 	inode->i_state = I_NEW;
@@ -1230,6 +1231,14 @@
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Ensure all page cache allocations are done from GFP_NOFS context to
+	 * prevent direct reclaim recursion back into the filesystem and blowing
+	 * stacks or deadlocking.
+	 */
+	gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping);
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, (gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_FS)));
+
+	/*
 	 * If there is no attribute fork no ACL can exist on this inode,
 	 * and it can't have any file capabilities attached to it either.
 	 */