diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_io.c b/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
index 3eea63b..bc442b6 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int metadata_io_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue, int dir,
 	if (count == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-	a_req = env_vzalloc(sizeof(*a_req));
+	a_req = env_vzalloc_flags(sizeof(*a_req), ENV_MEM_NOIO);
 	if (!a_req)
 		return -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;