diff --git a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
index b9b6235a4cf2..11f79c3b01a9 100644
--- a/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
+++ b/net/qrtr/qrtr.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int qrtr_endpoint_post(struct qrtr_endpoint *ep, const void *data, size_t len)
 	if (dst != QRTR_PORT_CTRL && type != QRTR_TYPE_DATA)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, len);
+	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(NULL, len, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;