diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 35be1be87d2a..0b9dfa6b17bc 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static inline bool tcmu_get_empty_block(struct tcmu_dev *udev,
 			schedule_delayed_work(&tcmu_unmap_work, 0);
 
 		/* try to get new page from the mm */
-		page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_NOIO);
 		if (!page)
 			goto err_alloc;
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_alloc_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 	struct tcmu_dev *udev = TCMU_DEV(se_dev);
 	struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_cmd;
 
-	tcmu_cmd = kmem_cache_zalloc(tcmu_cmd_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+	tcmu_cmd = kmem_cache_zalloc(tcmu_cmd_cache, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!tcmu_cmd)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_alloc_cmd(struct se_cmd *se_cmd)
 	tcmu_cmd_reset_dbi_cur(tcmu_cmd);
 	tcmu_cmd->dbi_cnt = tcmu_cmd_get_block_cnt(tcmu_cmd);
 	tcmu_cmd->dbi = kcalloc(tcmu_cmd->dbi_cnt, sizeof(uint32_t),
-				GFP_KERNEL);
+				GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!tcmu_cmd->dbi) {
 		kmem_cache_free(tcmu_cmd_cache, tcmu_cmd);
 		return NULL;