diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 687b220c6af3..83be6a6aa0dc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -88,11 +88,9 @@ STATIC void xlog_ungrant_log_space(xlog_t	 *log,
 
 
 /* local ticket functions */
-STATIC xlog_ticket_t	*xlog_ticket_alloc(xlog_t *log,
-					 int	unit_bytes,
-					 int	count,
-					 char	clientid,
-					 uint	flags);
+STATIC xlog_ticket_t *xlog_ticket_alloc(xlog_t *log, int unit_bytes, int count,
+					char clientid, uint flags,
+					int alloc_flags);
 
 #if defined(DEBUG)
 STATIC void	xlog_verify_dest_ptr(xlog_t *log, char *ptr);
@@ -376,7 +374,8 @@ xfs_log_reserve(
 	} else {
 		/* may sleep if need to allocate more tickets */
 		internal_ticket = xlog_ticket_alloc(log, unit_bytes, cnt,
-						  client, flags);
+						  client, flags,
+						  KM_SLEEP|KM_MAYFAIL);
 		if (!internal_ticket)
 			return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
 		internal_ticket->t_trans_type = t_type;
@@ -3331,13 +3330,14 @@ xlog_ticket_alloc(
 	int		unit_bytes,
 	int		cnt,
 	char		client,
-	uint		xflags)
+	uint		xflags,
+	int		alloc_flags)
 {
 	struct xlog_ticket *tic;
 	uint		num_headers;
 	int		iclog_space;
 
-	tic = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, KM_SLEEP|KM_MAYFAIL);
+	tic = kmem_zone_zalloc(xfs_log_ticket_zone, alloc_flags);
 	if (!tic)
 		return NULL;