diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index c6083132c4b8..0387e05cdb98 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ static void __cache_size_refresh(void)
 static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm_bufio_client *c, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 			       enum data_mode *data_mode)
 {
+	unsigned noio_flag;
+	void *ptr;
+
 	if (c->block_size <= DM_BUFIO_BLOCK_SIZE_SLAB_LIMIT) {
 		*data_mode = DATA_MODE_SLAB;
 		return kmem_cache_alloc(DM_BUFIO_CACHE(c), gfp_mask);
@@ -332,7 +335,26 @@ static void *alloc_buffer_data(struct dm_bufio_client *c, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 	}
 
 	*data_mode = DATA_MODE_VMALLOC;
-	return __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
+
+	/*
+	 * __vmalloc allocates the data pages and auxiliary structures with
+	 * gfp_flags that were specified, but pagetables are always allocated
+	 * with GFP_KERNEL, no matter what was specified as gfp_mask.
+	 *
+	 * Consequently, we must set per-process flag PF_MEMALLOC_NOIO so that
+	 * all allocations done by this process (including pagetables) are done
+	 * as if GFP_NOIO was specified.
+	 */
+
+	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
+		noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();
+
+	ptr = __vmalloc(c->block_size, gfp_mask, PAGE_KERNEL);
+
+	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)
+		memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flag);
+
+	return ptr;
 }
 
 /*