diff --git a/kernel/dma/debug.c b/kernel/dma/debug.c
index a6e3792b15f8a5..d570535342cb78 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/debug.c
@@ -416,8 +416,11 @@ static unsigned long long phys_addr(struct dma_debug_entry *entry)
  * dma_active_cacheline entry to track per event.  dma_map_sg(), on the
  * other hand, consumes a single dma_debug_entry, but inserts 'nents'
  * entries into the tree.
+ *
+ * Use __GFP_NOWARN because the printk from an OOM, to netconsole, could end
+ * up right back in the DMA debugging code, leading to a deadlock.
  */
-static RADIX_TREE(dma_active_cacheline, GFP_ATOMIC);
+static RADIX_TREE(dma_active_cacheline, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(radix_lock);
 #define ACTIVE_CACHELINE_MAX_OVERLAP ((1 << RADIX_TREE_MAX_TAGS) - 1)
 #define CACHELINE_PER_PAGE_SHIFT (PAGE_SHIFT - L1_CACHE_SHIFT)