diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index 04cf767d0708..4e7ef35f1c8f 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -2585,7 +2585,7 @@ static void btusb_mtk_wmt_recv(struct urb *urb)
 		 * and being processed the events from there then.
 		 */
 		if (test_bit(BTUSB_TX_WAIT_VND_EVT, &data->flags)) {
-			data->evt_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL);
+			data->evt_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!data->evt_skb)
 				goto err_out;
 		}