diff --git a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
index 41ece61eb57a..4946a14b819d 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/af_qrtr.c
@@ -273,11 +273,17 @@ static int qrtr_tx_wait(struct qrtr_node *node, int dest_node, int dest_port,
 	if (!flow) {
 		flow = kzalloc(sizeof(*flow), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (flow) {
+			if (radix_tree_preload(GFP_KERNEL)) {
+				mutex_unlock(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			}
 			init_waitqueue_head(&flow->resume_tx);
-			if (radix_tree_insert(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key, flow)) {
+			if (ret = radix_tree_insert(&node->qrtr_tx_flow, key, flow)) {
+				printk("r: %d\n", ret);
 				kfree(flow);
 				flow = NULL;
 			}
+			radix_tree_preload_end();
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&node->qrtr_tx_lock);