diff --git a/fs/btrfs/reada.c b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
index e88bca87f5d2..fdae8ca79401 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/reada.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/reada.c
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ static struct reada_zone *reada_find_zone(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (!zone)
 		return NULL;
 
+	ret = radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(zone);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	zone->start = start;
 	zone->end = end;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&zone->list);
@@ -299,6 +305,7 @@ static struct reada_zone *reada_find_zone(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 			zone = NULL;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fs_info->reada_lock);
+	radix_tree_preload_end();
 
 	return zone;
 }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 13574f37dc36..df50a63bbc3f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static struct btrfs_device *__alloc_device(void)
 	atomic_set(&dev->reada_in_flight, 0);
 	atomic_set(&dev->dev_stats_ccnt, 0);
 	btrfs_device_data_ordered_init(dev);
-	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_zones, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
+	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_zones, GFP_KERNEL);
 	INIT_RADIX_TREE(&dev->reada_extents, GFP_NOFS & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM);
 
 	return dev;