diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 7c84a8122c37..53a38075911e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -5082,9 +5082,7 @@ static struct btrfs_bio *alloc_btrfs_bio(int total_stripes, int real_stripes)
 		 * and the stripes
 		 */
 		sizeof(u64) * (total_stripes),
-		GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!bbio)
-		return NULL;
+		GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	atomic_set(&bbio->error, 0);
 	atomic_set(&bbio->refs, 1);