diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 9ce04a8c0d0f..8a37b9f604e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ iavf_vlan_filter *iavf_add_vlan(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 vlan)
 
 	f = iavf_find_vlan(adapter, vlan);
 	if (!f) {
-		f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL);
+		f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!f)
 			goto clearout;