diff --git a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
index d650065f42dd6e0c62a62ad5450474c358446716..dfd1fbbe7ba8fb77d95cd7e9f0efe99eb8e85a07 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
@@ -1157,8 +1157,8 @@ static int sdma_alloc_bd(struct sdma_desc *desc)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	desc->bd = dma_pool_alloc(desc->sdmac->bd_pool, GFP_ATOMIC,
-					&desc->bd_phys);
+	desc->bd = dma_pool_alloc(desc->sdmac->bd_pool, GFP_NOWAIT,
+				  &desc->bd_phys);
 	if (!desc->bd) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;