diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index d419d89b91f7ca2ef4b4601be6b92b630da45000..5ae98c0cde04cb20a2cde30ad8350a71dc6d4978 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/iversion.h>
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 
 #include "delegation.h"
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -727,11 +728,13 @@ int nfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct nfs_pageio_descriptor pgio;
-	struct nfs_io_completion *ioc = nfs_io_completion_alloc(GFP_NOFS);
+	struct nfs_io_completion *ioc;
+	unsigned int pflags = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	int err;
 
 	nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSWRITEPAGES);
 
+	ioc = nfs_io_completion_alloc(GFP_NOFS);
 	if (ioc)
 		nfs_io_completion_init(ioc, nfs_io_completion_commit, inode);
 
@@ -742,6 +745,8 @@ int nfs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	nfs_pageio_complete(&pgio);
 	nfs_io_completion_put(ioc);
 
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(pflags);
+
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_err;
 	err = pgio.pg_error;