diff --git a/fs/logfs/journal.c b/fs/logfs/journal.c
index f46ee8b..9da2970 100644
--- a/fs/logfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/logfs/journal.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@
 		super->s_journal_seg[i] = segno;
 		super->s_journal_ec[i] = ec;
 		logfs_set_segment_reserved(sb, segno);
-		err = btree_insert32(head, segno, (void *)1, GFP_KERNEL);
+		err = btree_insert32(head, segno, (void *)1, GFP_NOFS);
 		BUG_ON(err); /* mempool should prevent this */
 		err = logfs_erase_segment(sb, segno, 1);
 		BUG_ON(err); /* FIXME: remount-ro would be nicer */