1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
index fb83d1375638..8f82bb9d11e2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ibmvmc.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static void *alloc_dma_buffer(struct vio_dev *vdev, size_t size,
                               dma_addr_t *dma_handle)
 {
         /* allocate memory */
-        void *buffer = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+        void *buffer = kzalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
         if (!buffer) {
                 *dma_handle = 0;