diff --git a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
index e8018a308868..3ef96c2957ad 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/io-pgtable-arm.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2014 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright 2017 NXP
  *
  * Author: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
  */
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ static void *__arm_lpae_alloc_pages(size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
 {
 	struct device *dev = cfg->iommu_dev;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
-	void *pages = alloc_pages_exact(size, gfp | __GFP_ZERO);
+	void *pages = alloc_pages_exact(size, gfp | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_DMA);
 
 	if (!pages)
 		return NULL;