diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 541a508adea1..15ff5392fb65 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ xlog_recover_add_to_cont_trans(
 	old_ptr = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_addr;
 	old_len = item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_len;
 
-	ptr = kmem_realloc(old_ptr, len+old_len, old_len, 0u);
+	ptr = kmem_realloc(old_ptr, len+old_len, old_len, KM_SLEEP);
 	memcpy(&ptr[old_len], dp, len); /* d, s, l */
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_len += len;
 	item->ri_buf[item->ri_cnt-1].i_addr = ptr;