diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
index 0adab06ce5c0..572bb5b95f35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/iommu.c
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ struct iommu_table *iommu_init_table(struct iommu_table *tbl, int nid)
 	/* number of bytes needed for the bitmap */
 	sz = BITS_TO_LONGS(tbl->it_size) * sizeof(unsigned long);
 
-	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, GFP_ATOMIC, get_order(sz));
+	page = alloc_pages_node(nid, GFP_KERNEL, get_order(sz));
 	if (!page)
 		panic("iommu_init_table: Can't allocate %ld bytes\n", sz);
 	tbl->it_map = page_address(page);