diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 3cc671c8a67f..a5a260fab824 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -455,9 +455,17 @@ _xfs_buf_map_pages(
 		bp->b_addr = page_address(bp->b_pages[0]) + bp->b_offset;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;
 	} else if (flags & XBF_MAPPED) {
-		bp->b_addr = vm_map_ram(bp->b_pages, bp->b_page_count,
-					-1, PAGE_KERNEL);
-		if (unlikely(bp->b_addr == NULL))
+		int retried = 0;
+
+		do {
+			bp->b_addr = vm_map_ram(bp->b_pages, bp->b_page_count,
+						-1, PAGE_KERNEL);
+			if (bp->b_addr)
+				break;
+			vm_unmap_aliases();
+		} while (retried++ <= 1);
+
+		if (!bp->b_addr)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		bp->b_addr += bp->b_offset;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_MAPPED;