diff --git a/fs/xfs/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
index fc87ea9f68439e..34cbcfde922819 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/kmem.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ typedef unsigned __bitwise xfs_km_flags_t;
 #define KM_NOFS		((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0004u)
 #define KM_MAYFAIL	((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0008u)
 #define KM_ZERO		((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0010u)
+#define KM_NOLOCKDEP	((__force xfs_km_flags_t)0x0020u)
 
 /*
  * We use a special process flag to avoid recursive callbacks into
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ kmem_flags_convert(xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 {
 	gfp_t	lflags;
 
-	BUG_ON(flags & ~(KM_NOFS|KM_MAYFAIL|KM_ZERO));
+	BUG_ON(flags & ~(KM_NOFS | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_ZERO | KM_NOLOCKDEP));
 
 	lflags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN;
 	if (flags & KM_NOFS)
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ kmem_flags_convert(xfs_km_flags_t flags)
 	if (flags & KM_ZERO)
 		lflags |= __GFP_ZERO;
 
+	if (flags & KM_NOLOCKDEP)
+		lflags |= __GFP_NOLOCKDEP;
+
 	return lflags;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index f3d18a1f5b20c8..2f7e89e4be3e3f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ xfs_attr_copy_value(
 	}
 
 	if (!args->value) {
-		args->value = kmem_alloc_large(valuelen, 0);
+		args->value = kmem_alloc_large(valuelen, KM_NOLOCKDEP);
 		if (!args->value)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}