diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
index 78fe622eba65..11b554ce07ff 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int nci_uart_default_recv_buf(struct nci_uart *nu, const u8 *data,
 			nu->rx_packet_len = -1;
 			nu->rx_skb = nci_skb_alloc(nu->ndev,
 						   NCI_MAX_PACKET_SIZE,
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
+						   GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!nu->rx_skb)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}