diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
index e76b40ddbc48..c83c4b64c60e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
@@ -423,14 +423,7 @@ static int alloc_ringmemory(struct b43_dmaring *ring)
 	 * has shown that 4K is sufficient for the latter as long as the buffer
 	 * does not cross an 8K boundary.
 	 *
-	 * For unknown reasons - possibly a hardware error - the BCM4311 rev
-	 * 02, which uses 64-bit DMA, needs the ring buffer in very low memory,
-	 * which accounts for the GFP_DMA flag below.
-	 *
-	 * The flags here must match the flags in free_ringmemory below!
 	 */
-	if (ring->type == B43_DMA_64BIT)
-		flags |= GFP_DMA;
 	ring->descbase = dma_alloc_coherent(ring->dev->dev->dma_dev,
 					    B43_DMA_RINGMEMSIZE,
 					    &(ring->dmabase), flags);