diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
index 6aba267036dd..f5d48d7c4ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c
@@ -2306,16 +2306,9 @@ static void vxge_hw_blockpool_block_add(struct __vxge_hw_device *devh,
 static inline void
 vxge_os_dma_malloc_async(struct pci_dev *pdev, void *devh, unsigned long size)
 {
-	gfp_t flags;
 	void *vaddr;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
-		flags = GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA;
-	else
-		flags = GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA;
-
-	vaddr = kmalloc((size), flags);
-
+	vaddr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 	vxge_hw_blockpool_block_add(devh, vaddr, size, pdev, pdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.h
index 373165119850..0cd0750484ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.h
@@ -1899,18 +1899,13 @@ static inline void *vxge_os_dma_malloc(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			struct pci_dev **p_dmah,
 			struct pci_dev **p_dma_acch)
 {
-	gfp_t flags;
 	void *vaddr;
 	unsigned long misaligned = 0;
 	int realloc_flag = 0;
 	*p_dma_acch = *p_dmah = NULL;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
-		flags = GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA;
-	else
-		flags = GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA;
 realloc:
-	vaddr = kmalloc((size), flags);
+	vaddr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 	if (vaddr == NULL)
 		return vaddr;
 	misaligned = (unsigned long)VXGE_ALIGN((unsigned long)vaddr,