diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
index f425ab528224bc9c0db80b65d1ca2a48bb015025..f1271402ca2114ffce95af53ad3e977612328177 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sgi/meth.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int meth_init_tx_ring(struct meth_private *priv)
 {
 	/* Init TX ring */
 	priv->tx_ring = dma_alloc_coherent(&priv->pdev->dev,
-			TX_RING_BUFFER_SIZE, &priv->tx_ring_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+			TX_RING_BUFFER_SIZE, &priv->tx_ring_dma, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!priv->tx_ring)
 		return -ENOMEM;