diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
index 09de99fbb7e0e5e5874b2d5f662ad6b51408e8c3..2a2a92d389e63f9e4e6aacff9c1868ef97011f9c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -653,7 +653,8 @@ int zram_init_device(struct zram *zram)
 		goto fail_no_table;
 	}
 
-	zram->compress_buffer = (void *)__get_free_pages(__GFP_ZERO, 1);
+	zram->compress_buffer =
+		(void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 1);
 	if (!zram->compress_buffer) {
 		pr_err("Error allocating compressor buffer space\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;