diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 392337f16ecfd8..cd2146c05b37e0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1454,13 +1454,16 @@ static int crypt_convert_block_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
 static void kcryptd_async_done(struct crypto_async_request *async_req,
 			       int error);
 
-static void crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
+static int crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
 				     struct convert_context *ctx)
 {
 	unsigned key_index = ctx->cc_sector & (cc->tfms_count - 1);
 
-	if (!ctx->r.req)
-		ctx->r.req = mempool_alloc(&cc->req_pool, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!ctx->r.req) {
+		ctx->r.req = mempool_alloc(&cc->req_pool, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_NOIO);
+		if (!ctx->r.req)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	skcipher_request_set_tfm(ctx->r.req, cc->cipher_tfm.tfms[key_index]);
 
@@ -1471,13 +1474,18 @@ static void crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
 	skcipher_request_set_callback(ctx->r.req,
 	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
 	    kcryptd_async_done, dmreq_of_req(cc, ctx->r.req));
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void crypt_alloc_req_aead(struct crypt_config *cc,
+static int crypt_alloc_req_aead(struct crypt_config *cc,
 				 struct convert_context *ctx)
 {
-	if (!ctx->r.req_aead)
-		ctx->r.req_aead = mempool_alloc(&cc->req_pool, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (!ctx->r.req) {
+		ctx->r.req = mempool_alloc(&cc->req_pool, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_NOIO);
+		if (!ctx->r.req)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	aead_request_set_tfm(ctx->r.req_aead, cc->cipher_tfm.tfms_aead[0]);
 
@@ -1488,15 +1496,17 @@ static void crypt_alloc_req_aead(struct crypt_config *cc,
 	aead_request_set_callback(ctx->r.req_aead,
 	    CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG,
 	    kcryptd_async_done, dmreq_of_req(cc, ctx->r.req_aead));
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static void crypt_alloc_req(struct crypt_config *cc,
+static int crypt_alloc_req(struct crypt_config *cc,
 			    struct convert_context *ctx)
 {
 	if (crypt_integrity_aead(cc))
-		crypt_alloc_req_aead(cc, ctx);
+		return crypt_alloc_req_aead(cc, ctx);
 	else
-		crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(cc, ctx);
+		return crypt_alloc_req_skcipher(cc, ctx);
 }
 
 static void crypt_free_req_skcipher(struct crypt_config *cc,
@@ -1539,7 +1549,12 @@ static blk_status_t crypt_convert(struct crypt_config *cc,
 
 	while (ctx->iter_in.bi_size && ctx->iter_out.bi_size) {
 
-		crypt_alloc_req(cc, ctx);
+		r = crypt_alloc_req(cc, ctx);
+		if (r) {
+			complete(&ctx->restart);
+			return BLK_STS_DEV_RESOURCE;
+		}
+
 		atomic_inc(&ctx->cc_pending);
 
 		if (crypt_integrity_aead(cc))