diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index d77d15f..51b3492 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 #include "xattr.h"
@@ -470,9 +471,20 @@
 
 	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
 	    nr_to_submit) {
-		data_page = ext4_encrypt(inode, page);
+		gfp_t gfp_flags = GFP_NOFS;
+
+	retry_encrypt:
+		data_page = ext4_encrypt(inode, page, gfp_flags);
 		if (IS_ERR(data_page)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(data_page);
+			if (ret == ENOMEM && wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+				if (io->io_bio) {
+					ext4_io_submit(io);
+					congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
+				}
+				gfp_flags |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+				goto retry_encrypt;
+			}
 			data_page = NULL;
 			goto out;
 		}