diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_fltrt.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_fltrt.c
index bbc31505c3ce..93c9291d67ff 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_fltrt.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipahal/ipahal_fltrt.c
@@ -3485,6 +3485,7 @@ bdy_alloc_fail:
 int ipahal_fltrt_allocate_hw_sys_tbl(struct ipa_mem_buffer *tbl_mem)
 {
 	struct ipahal_fltrt_obj *obj;
+	gfp_t flag = GFP_KERNEL;
 
 	IPAHAL_DBG_LOW("Entry\n");
 
@@ -3502,10 +3503,14 @@ int ipahal_fltrt_allocate_hw_sys_tbl(struct ipa_mem_buffer *tbl_mem)
 
 	/* add word for rule-set terminator */
 	tbl_mem->size += obj->tbl_width;
-
+alloc:
 	tbl_mem->base = dma_alloc_coherent(ipahal_ctx->ipa_pdev, tbl_mem->size,
-		&tbl_mem->phys_base, GFP_KERNEL);
+		&tbl_mem->phys_base, flag);
 	if (!tbl_mem->base) {
+		if (flag == GFP_KERNEL) {
+			flag = GFP_ATOMIC;
+			goto alloc;
+		}
 		IPAHAL_ERR("fail to alloc DMA buf of size %d\n",
 			tbl_mem->size);
 		return -ENOMEM;