diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index 61e7240947f5..163e0e9b357f 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(debug_dma_dump_mappings);
  * At any time debug_dma_assert_idle() can be called to trigger a
  * warning if any cachelines in the given page are in the active set.
  */
-static RADIX_TREE(dma_active_cacheline, GFP_NOWAIT);
+static RADIX_TREE(dma_active_cacheline, GFP_ATOMIC);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(radix_lock);
 #define ACTIVE_CACHELINE_MAX_OVERLAP ((1 << RADIX_TREE_MAX_TAGS) - 1)
 #define CACHELINE_PER_PAGE_SHIFT (PAGE_SHIFT - L1_CACHE_SHIFT)