diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index a0072d9315a9..986061ae1b9b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ int __init
 xfs_buf_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef XFS_BUF_TRACE
-	xfs_buf_trace_buf = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BUF_TRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	xfs_buf_trace_buf = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BUF_TRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 
 	xfs_buf_zone = kmem_zone_init_flags(sizeof(xfs_buf_t), "xfs_buf",
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
index 32290578c661..f2705f2fd43c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ xfs_qm_dqinit(
 		complete(&dqp->q_flush);
 
 #ifdef XFS_DQUOT_TRACE
-		dqp->q_trace = ktrace_alloc(DQUOT_TRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+		dqp->q_trace = ktrace_alloc(DQUOT_TRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 		xfs_dqtrace_entry(dqp, "DQINIT");
 #endif
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 215c36dee324..608c30c3f76b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ xfs_buf_item_init(
 	bip->bli_format.blf_len = (ushort)BTOBB(XFS_BUF_COUNT(bp));
 	bip->bli_format.blf_map_size = map_size;
 #ifdef XFS_BLI_TRACE
-	bip->bli_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BLI_TRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	bip->bli_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BLI_TRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef XFS_TRANS_DEBUG
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
index c38fd14fca29..f3bb75da384e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_filestream.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ xfs_filestream_init(void)
 	if (!item_zone)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #ifdef XFS_FILESTREAMS_TRACE
-	xfs_filestreams_trace_buf = ktrace_alloc(XFS_FSTRM_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	xfs_filestreams_trace_buf = ktrace_alloc(XFS_FSTRM_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 41371c56f360..358511b85ced 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -835,22 +835,22 @@ xfs_iread(
 	 * Do this before xfs_iformat in case it adds entries.
 	 */
 #ifdef	XFS_INODE_TRACE
-	ip->i_trace = ktrace_alloc(INODE_TRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_trace = ktrace_alloc(INODE_TRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 #ifdef XFS_BMAP_TRACE
-	ip->i_xtrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BMAP_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_xtrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BMAP_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 #ifdef XFS_BMBT_TRACE
-	ip->i_btrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BMBT_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_btrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_BMBT_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 #ifdef XFS_RW_TRACE
-	ip->i_rwtrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_RW_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_rwtrace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_RW_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 #ifdef XFS_ILOCK_TRACE
-	ip->i_lock_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_ILOCK_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_lock_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_ILOCK_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 #ifdef XFS_DIR2_TRACE
-	ip->i_dir_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_DIR2_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_SLEEP);
+	ip->i_dir_trace = ktrace_alloc(XFS_DIR2_KTRACE_SIZE, KM_NOFS);
 #endif
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 9c23864d4fd0..1f6f780dbd39 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void
 xlog_trace_iclog(xlog_in_core_t *iclog, uint state)
 {
 	if (!iclog->ic_trace)
-		iclog->ic_trace = ktrace_alloc(256, KM_SLEEP);
+		iclog->ic_trace = ktrace_alloc(256, KM_NOFS);
 	ktrace_enter(iclog->ic_trace,
 		     (void *)((unsigned long)state),
 		     (void *)((unsigned long)current_pid()),