diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/iommu.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/iommu.c
index f651017..e2d58e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/iommu.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 	/* Need a 2nd level table */
 	if ((len == SZ_4K || len == SZ_64K) && (*fl_pte) == 0) {
 		unsigned long *sl;
-		sl = (unsigned long *) __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
+		sl = (unsigned long *) __get_free_pages(GFP_ATOMIC,
 							get_order(SZ_4K));
 
 		if (!sl) {