diff --git a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
index 3ec9391a4736..53a4ee01c522 100644
--- a/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
+++ b/sound/mips/sgio2audio.c
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_free(struct snd_sgio2audio *chip)
 		free_irq(snd_sgio2_isr_table[i].irq,
 			 &chip->channel[snd_sgio2_isr_table[i].idx]);
 
-	dma_free_coherent(NULL, MACEISA_RINGBUFFERS_SIZE,
+	dma_free_coherent(chip->card->dev, MACEISA_RINGBUFFERS_SIZE,
 			  chip->ring_base, chip->ring_base_dma);
 
 	/* release card data */
@@ -843,8 +843,9 @@ static int snd_sgio2audio_create(struct snd_card *card,
 
 	chip->card = card;
 
-	chip->ring_base = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, MACEISA_RINGBUFFERS_SIZE,
-					     &chip->ring_base_dma, GFP_USER);
+	chip->ring_base = dma_alloc_coherent(card->dev,
+					     MACEISA_RINGBUFFERS_SIZE,
+					     &chip->ring_base_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (chip->ring_base == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "sgio2audio: could not allocate ring buffers\n");