diff --git a/fs/nfs/localio.c b/fs/nfs/localio.c
index 7f5e7f0e3e00..40e20b324b3f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/localio.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/localio.c
@@ -291,6 +291,18 @@ nfs_local_open_fh(struct nfs_client *clp, const struct cred *cred,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfs_local_open_fh);
 
+/*
+ * Ensure all page cache allocations are done from GFP_NOFS context to
+ * prevent direct reclaim recursion back into NFS via nfs_writepages.
+ */
+static void
+nfs_local_mapping_set_gfp_nofs_context(struct address_space *m)
+{
+	gfp_t gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(m);
+
+	mapping_set_gfp_mask(m, (gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_FS)));
+}
+
 static void
 nfs_local_iocb_free(struct nfs_local_kiocb *iocb)
 {
@@ -315,6 +327,7 @@ nfs_local_iocb_alloc(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	nfs_local_mapping_set_gfp_nofs_context(file->f_mapping);
 	init_sync_kiocb(&iocb->kiocb, file);
 
 	iocb->hdr = hdr;
@@ -1000,6 +1013,8 @@ nfs_local_run_commit(struct file *filp, struct nfs_commit_data *data)
 			end = LLONG_MAX;
 	}
 
+	nfs_local_mapping_set_gfp_nofs_context(filp->f_mapping);
+
 	dprintk("%s: commit %llu - %llu\n", __func__, start, end);
 	return vfs_fsync_range(filp, start, end, 0);
 }