1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/caif/caif_dev.c b/net/caif/caif_dev.c
index 7c2fa0a08148..7f9ac0742d19 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_dev.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_dev.c
@@ -93,10 +93,14 @@ static struct caif_device_entry *caif_device_alloc(struct net_device *dev)
         caifdevs = caif_device_list(dev_net(dev));
         BUG_ON(!caifdevs);
 
-        caifd = kzalloc(sizeof(*caifd), GFP_ATOMIC);
+        caifd = kzalloc(sizeof(*caifd), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!caifd)
                 return NULL;
         caifd->pcpu_refcnt = alloc_percpu(int);
+        if (!caifd->pcpu_refcnt) {
+                kfree(caifd);
+                return NULL;
+        }
         caifd->netdev = dev;
         dev_hold(dev);
         return caifd;