diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index e4b772bb70e6..794d8ddc0697 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl,
 	pgoff_t index = readahead_index(ractl);
 	pgoff_t limit = (i_size_read(mapping->host) - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	pgoff_t mark = index + ra->size - ra->async_size;
+	unsigned int nofs;
 	int err = 0;
 	gfp_t gfp = readahead_gfp_mask(mapping);
 
@@ -520,6 +521,8 @@ void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl,
 			new_order--;
 	}
 
+	/* See comment in page_cache_ra_unbounded() */
+	nofs = memalloc_nofs_save();
 	filemap_invalidate_lock_shared(mapping);
 	while (index <= limit) {
 		unsigned int order = new_order;
@@ -548,6 +551,7 @@ void page_cache_ra_order(struct readahead_control *ractl,
 
 	read_pages(ractl);
 	filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(mapping);
+	memalloc_nofs_restore(nofs);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there were already pages in the page cache, then we may have