diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
index c7e3759f16d303c8c989af0a903f768f358c0e4f..e9db6b4bf65a158adf54bd4a799dbc7fee754c36 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/dma-mapping.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ static int __init atomic_pool_init(void)
 {
 	struct dma_pool *pool = &atomic_pool;
 	pgprot_t prot = pgprot_dmacoherent(pgprot_kernel);
+	gfp_t gfp = GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA;
 	unsigned long nr_pages = pool->size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned long *bitmap;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -361,8 +362,8 @@ static int __init atomic_pool_init(void)
 		ptr = __alloc_from_contiguous(NULL, pool->size, prot, &page,
 					      atomic_pool_init);
 	else
-		ptr = __alloc_remap_buffer(NULL, pool->size, GFP_KERNEL, prot,
-					   &page, atomic_pool_init);
+		ptr = __alloc_remap_buffer(NULL, pool->size, gfp, prot, &page,
+					   atomic_pool_init);
 	if (ptr) {
 		int i;