diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
index d57a6728550556ec4537acf138ce927fb85bfc79..82e6b115be87c17381093aff780cd43e4b0926bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void i40evf_add_ether_addrs(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 		more = true;
 	}
 
-	veal = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	veal = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!veal) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		return;
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void i40evf_del_ether_addrs(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 		      (count * sizeof(struct virtchnl_ether_addr));
 		more = true;
 	}
-	veal = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	veal = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!veal) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		return;
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ void i40evf_add_vlans(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 		      (count * sizeof(u16));
 		more = true;
 	}
-	vvfl = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vvfl = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!vvfl) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		return;
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ void i40evf_del_vlans(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 		      (count * sizeof(u16));
 		more = true;
 	}
-	vvfl = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vvfl = kzalloc(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!vvfl) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		return;