diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index 76099bcb765b..371558ec9204 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int vfio_ccw_sch_probe(struct subchannel *sch)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+	private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!private)
 		return -ENOMEM;