diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 97cda4a8f8e0302cca68683b6bf90a3371b9aeef..8f775a82e2fa87c870c03c809b2b17ffa339ae3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ i40evf_vlan_filter *i40evf_add_vlan(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter, u16 vlan)
 
 	f = i40evf_find_vlan(adapter, vlan);
 	if (!f) {
-		f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		f = kzalloc(sizeof(*f), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!f)
 			goto clearout;