diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/newbt.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/newbt.c
index c82f4631fd9c..584076b2a6ee 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/newbt.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/newbt.c
@@ -193,9 +193,11 @@ xrep_newbt_add_blocks(
 	struct xrep_newbt_resv		*resv;
 	int				error;
 
-	resv = kmalloc_obj(struct xrep_newbt_resv, XCHK_GFP_FLAGS);
-	if (!resv)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	/*
+	 * We have no way to clean up the allocated space *and* return an
+	 * ENOMEM if we fail to allocate this control structure.
+	 */
+	resv = kmalloc_obj(struct xrep_newbt_resv, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&resv->list);
 	resv->agbno = XFS_FSB_TO_AGBNO(mp, args->fsbno);