diff --git a/mm/percpu.c b/mm/percpu.c
index e0be1146f617..5fe37842e0ea 100644
--- a/mm/percpu.c
+++ b/mm/percpu.c
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ static struct pcpu_chunk *alloc_pcpu_chunk(void)
 	chunk->map[chunk->map_used++] = pcpu_unit_size;
 	chunk->page = chunk->page_ar;
 
-	chunk->vm = get_vm_area(pcpu_chunk_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	chunk->vm = get_vm_area(pcpu_chunk_size, VM_ALLOC);
 	if (!chunk->vm) {
 		free_pcpu_chunk(chunk);
 		return NULL;