1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
index 49b2ff2c8b74..627e04b5ba9a 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mm/sram-alloc.c
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static void *_sram_alloc(size_t size, struct sram_piece *pfree_head,
                 plast->next = pslot->next;
                 pavail = pslot;
         } else {
-                pavail = kmem_cache_alloc(sram_piece_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+                /* use atomic so our L1 allocator can be used atomically */
+                pavail = kmem_cache_alloc(sram_piece_cache, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
                 if (!pavail)
                         return NULL;