diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
index 11041aedea31..1e067504b604 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-firmware.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ struct sst_fw *sst_fw_new(struct sst_dsp *dsp,
 
 	/* allocate DMA buffer to store FW data */
 	sst_fw->dma_buf = dma_alloc_coherent(dsp->dma_dev, sst_fw->size,
-				&sst_fw->dmable_fw_paddr, GFP_DMA | GFP_KERNEL);
+				&sst_fw->dmable_fw_paddr, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sst_fw->dma_buf) {
 		dev_err(dsp->dev, "error: DMA alloc failed\n");
 		kfree(sst_fw);