diff --git a/fs/dlm/lock.c b/fs/dlm/lock.c
index de943af..b455919 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lock.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lock.c
@@ -2594,7 +2594,7 @@
 	   pass into lowcomms_commit and a message buffer (mb) that we
 	   write our data into */
 
-	mh = dlm_lowcomms_get_buffer(to_nodeid, mb_len, GFP_KERNEL, &mb);
+	mh = dlm_lowcomms_get_buffer(to_nodeid, mb_len, ls->ls_allocation, &mb);
 	if (!mh)
 		return -ENOBUFS;