diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 4d2e7b7774e9..42f250344f0c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include "mtdcore.h"
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ static blk_status_t mtd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 				 const struct blk_mq_queue_data *bd)
 {
 	struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev;
+	unsigned int noio_flags;
 
 	dev = hctx->queue->queuedata;
 	if (!dev) {
@@ -174,10 +176,13 @@ static blk_status_t mtd_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	}
 
+	/* Reclaim must not recurse into I/O while processing requests. */
+	noio_flags = memalloc_noio_save();
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev->queue_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&bd->rq->queuelist, &dev->rq_list);
 	mtd_blktrans_work(dev);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->queue_lock);
+	memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flags);
 
 	return BLK_STS_OK;
 }