diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index a881d96..bd1808e 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = percpu_counter_init(&vm_committed_as, 0);
+	ret = percpu_counter_init(&vm_committed_as, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	VM_BUG_ON(ret);
 	vm_region_jar = KMEM_CACHE(vm_region, SLAB_PANIC);
 }