diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
index 4f18e2d332dfd79ba8dcfc66a6c9251347a562c1..d0c64d514813909c7a863a0f29939e64123b7cba 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ static void alloc_dummy_hdrq(struct qib_devdata *dd)
 	dd->cspec->dummy_hdrq = dma_alloc_coherent(&dd->pcidev->dev,
 					dd->rcd[0]->rcvhdrq_size,
 					&dd->cspec->dummy_hdrq_phys,
-					GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COMP);
+					GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_COMP);
 	if (!dd->cspec->dummy_hdrq) {
 		qib_devinfo(dd->pcidev, "Couldn't allocate dummy hdrq\n");
 		/* fallback to just 0'ing */