1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
index 14a12d6b3df6..244e54a2153b 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_kern.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static struct chan *parse_chan(char *str, int pri, int device,
         data = (*ops->init)(str, device, opts);
         if(data == NULL) return(NULL);
 
-        chan = kmalloc(sizeof(*chan), GFP_KERNEL);
+        chan = kmalloc(sizeof(*chan), GFP_ATOMIC);
         if(chan == NULL) return(NULL);
         *chan = ((struct chan) { .list          = LIST_HEAD_INIT(chan->list),
                                  .primary       = 1,