diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
index 527165ccc839..0d91950ae9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ static int gpmi_alloc_dma_buffer(struct gpmi_nand_data *this)
 		goto error_alloc;
 
 	this->auxiliary_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, geo->auxiliary_size,
-					&this->auxiliary_phys, GFP_DMA);
+					&this->auxiliary_phys, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!this->auxiliary_virt)
 		goto error_alloc;