diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index a6708e6b438dd5..90757691ec86f1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -459,8 +459,11 @@ static int nfs_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	dfprintk(PAGECACHE, "NFS: release_page(%p)\n", page);
 
-	/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL */
-	if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL) {
+	/* Only do I/O if gfp is a superset of GFP_KERNEL, and we're not
+	 * doing this memory reclaim for a fs-related allocation.
+	 */
+	if (mapping && (gfp & GFP_KERNEL) == GFP_KERNEL &&
+	    !(current->flags & PF_FSTRANS)) {
 		int how = FLUSH_SYNC;
 
 		/* Don't let kswapd deadlock waiting for OOM RPC calls */
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index 994cfea2bad66f..eda32ae7dec488 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -790,7 +790,9 @@ void rpc_execute(struct rpc_task *task)
 
 static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
 {
+	current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
 	__rpc_execute(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
+	current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index b446e100286f7a..06cdbff79e4af4 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ xprt_rdma_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!xprt->shutdown) {
+		current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
 		xprt_clear_connected(xprt);
 
 		dprintk("RPC:       %s: %sconnect\n", __func__,
@@ -212,10 +213,10 @@ xprt_rdma_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 
 out:
 	xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, rc);
-
 out_clear:
 	dprintk("RPC:       %s: exit\n", __func__);
 	xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
+	current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 890b03f8d8771e..b88c6bf657baaf 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1895,6 +1895,8 @@ static void xs_local_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (xprt->shutdown)
 		goto out;
 
+	current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
+
 	clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
 	status = __sock_create(xprt->xprt_net, AF_LOCAL,
 					SOCK_STREAM, 0, &sock, 1);
@@ -1928,6 +1930,7 @@ static void xs_local_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 out:
 	xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
 	xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
+	current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 }
 
 static void xs_udp_finish_connecting(struct rpc_xprt *xprt, struct socket *sock)
@@ -1970,6 +1973,8 @@ static void xs_udp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (xprt->shutdown)
 		goto out;
 
+	current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
+
 	/* Start by resetting any existing state */
 	xs_reset_transport(transport);
 	sock = xs_create_sock(xprt, transport,
@@ -1988,6 +1993,7 @@ static void xs_udp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 out:
 	xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
 	xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
+	current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2113,6 +2119,8 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (xprt->shutdown)
 		goto out;
 
+	current->flags |= PF_FSTRANS;
+
 	if (!sock) {
 		clear_bit(XPRT_CONNECTION_ABORT, &xprt->state);
 		sock = xs_create_sock(xprt, transport,
@@ -2162,6 +2170,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 	case -EINPROGRESS:
 	case -EALREADY:
 		xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
+		current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 		return;
 	case -EINVAL:
 		/* Happens, for instance, if the user specified a link
@@ -2174,6 +2183,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 out:
 	xprt_clear_connecting(xprt);
 	xprt_wake_pending_tasks(xprt, status);
+	current->flags &= ~PF_FSTRANS;
 }
 
 /**