diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/pci-dma.c b/arch/tile/kernel/pci-dma.c
index 1d456404f0653897de9a89082ec78a80c6c862b1..5ad5e13b0fa6accb1901985e11cfb65757ddaf16 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/pci-dma.c
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/pci-dma.c
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ void *dma_alloc_coherent(struct device *dev,
 	struct page *pg;
 	dma_addr_t addr;
 
-	/* Set GFP_KERNEL to ensure we have memory with a kernel VA. */
-	gfp |= GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
+	gfp |= __GFP_ZERO;
 
 	/*
 	 * By forcing NUMA node 0 for 32-bit masks we ensure that the