diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
index 3df5c78..9439cb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 	return (tsf & ~0x7fff) | rstamp;
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 len)
+static struct sk_buff *ath_rxbuf_alloc(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 len, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	u32 off;
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 	 * Unfortunately this means we may get 8 KB here from the
 	 * kernel... and that is actually what is observed on some
 	 * systems :( */
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(len + sc->cachelsz - 1);
+	skb = __dev_alloc_skb(len + sc->cachelsz - 1, gfp_mask);
 	if (skb != NULL) {
 		off = ((unsigned long) skb->data) % sc->cachelsz;
 		if (off != 0)
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
 		}
 
 		list_for_each_entry(bf, &sc->rx.rxbuf, list) {
-			skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->rx.bufsize);
+			skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->rx.bufsize, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (skb == NULL) {
 				error = -ENOMEM;
 				break;
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
 
 		/* Ensure we always have an skb to requeue once we are done
 		 * processing the current buffer's skb */
-		requeue_skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->rx.bufsize);
+		requeue_skb = ath_rxbuf_alloc(sc, sc->rx.bufsize, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		/* If there is no memory we ignore the current RX'd frame,
 		 * tell hardware it can give us a new frame using the old