diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_rx.c
index f84cc89cbffc..b56732226cc0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_rx.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void wl1251_rx_body(struct wl1251 *wl,
 	if (wl->rx_current_buffer)
 		rx_packet_ring_addr += wl->data_path->rx_packet_ring_chunk_size;
 
-	skb = dev_alloc_skb(length);
+	skb = __dev_alloc_skb(length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb) {
 		wl1251_error("Couldn't allocate RX frame");
 		return;