diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
index f119477cac6b..7bdcb88a686b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx-media-utils.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ int imx_media_alloc_dma_buf(struct device *dev,
 
 	buf->len = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
 	buf->virt = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, buf->len, &buf->phys,
-				       GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
+				       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf->virt)
 		return -ENOMEM;