diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
index 96f1171..355dffc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	/* allocate 2^1 pages = 8K (on i386);
 	 * should be more than enough for one device */
-	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 1);
+	pages_start = (char *)__get_free_pages(GFP_NOIO, 1);
 	if (!pages_start)
 		return -ENOMEM;