diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 0b8c8b5094ef..af6ddf1f913a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ size_t __attribute_const__ btrfs_get_num_csums(void)
 
 struct btrfs_path *btrfs_alloc_path(void)
 {
+	might_sleep();
+
 	return kmem_cache_zalloc(btrfs_path_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 }
 
@@ -1774,6 +1776,8 @@ int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
 	int min_write_lock_level;
 	int prev_cmp;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
 	lowest_level = p->lowest_level;
 	WARN_ON(lowest_level && ins_len > 0);
 	WARN_ON(p->nodes[0] != NULL);