diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index 2d0b3e1..6f83f58 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
 	int		error;
 
-	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1);
+	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ICHANGE_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
 	if (error) {
 		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 67ae5555..7294abc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -860,8 +860,15 @@
 		 * set up a transaction to convert the range of extents
 		 * from unwritten to real. Do allocations in a loop until
 		 * we have covered the range passed in.
+		 *
+		 * Note that we open code the transaction allocation here
+		 * to pass KM_NOFS--we can't risk to recursing back into
+		 * the filesystem here as we might be asked to write out
+		 * the same inode that we complete here and might deadlock
+		 * on the iolock.
 		 */
-		tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE);
+		xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
+		tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_STRAT_WRITE, KM_NOFS);
 		tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_RESERVE;
 		error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, resblks,
 				XFS_WRITE_LOG_RES(mp), 0,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index 8b6c9e8..4d509f7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@
 	if (!xfs_sb_version_haslazysbcount(&mp->m_sb))
 		return 0;
 
-	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT);
+	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_SB_COUNT, KM_SLEEP);
 	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize + 128, 0, 0,
 					XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT);
 	if (error) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 66b8493..237badc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -236,19 +236,20 @@
 	uint		type)
 {
 	xfs_wait_for_freeze(mp, SB_FREEZE_TRANS);
-	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type);
+	return _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, type, KM_SLEEP);
 }
 
 xfs_trans_t *
 _xfs_trans_alloc(
 	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
-	uint		type)
+	uint		type,
+	uint		memflags)
 {
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
 
 	atomic_inc(&mp->m_active_trans);
 
-	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, KM_SLEEP);
+	tp = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_trans_zone, memflags);
 	tp->t_magic = XFS_TRANS_MAGIC;
 	tp->t_type = type;
 	tp->t_mountp = mp;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index ed47fc7..a0574f5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
  * XFS transaction mechanism exported interfaces.
  */
 xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
-xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint);
+xfs_trans_t	*_xfs_trans_alloc(struct xfs_mount *, uint, uint);
 xfs_trans_t	*xfs_trans_dup(xfs_trans_t *);
 int		xfs_trans_reserve(xfs_trans_t *, uint, uint, uint,
 				  uint, uint);