diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
index d2ae0f70059e..7d3ca30fcd15 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ldc.c
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ void *ldc_alloc_exp_dring(struct ldc_channel *lp, unsigned int len,
 	if (len & (8UL - 1))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!buf)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);