diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
index 2b13c949bd726bf13cc82c08e9d10676d32e4f47..39410bf186cf6ecbf4056814b271f4b3ce80330b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ static int issue_discard(struct discard_op *op, dm_block_t data_b, dm_block_t da
 	sector_t s = block_to_sectors(tc->pool, data_b);
 	sector_t len = block_to_sectors(tc->pool, data_e - data_b);
 
-	return __blkdev_issue_discard(tc->pool_dev->bdev, s, len, GFP_NOWAIT,
-				      &op->bio);
+	return __blkdev_issue_discard(tc->pool_dev->bdev, s, len, GFP_NOIO, &op->bio);
 }
 
 static void end_discard(struct discard_op *op, int r)