diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
index 9c9a5b12f92f..7c6cd00d0fca 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void debug_dma_dump_mappings(struct device *dev)
  * 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)