diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index deac58d5f1f7cf053ca215ec718c6902961a7908..c941e93048ad4d2ba09dabc2bb9451eaabcf8760 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -762,7 +762,8 @@ static void *__dma_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, dma_addr_t *handle,
 	if (!mask)
 		return NULL;
 
-	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*buf), gfp);
+	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*buf),
+		      gfp & ~(__GFP_DMA | __GFP_DMA32 | __GFP_HIGHMEM));
 	if (!buf)
 		return NULL;