diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index fd392fff5fb6aacf4c5597f612231e730775da29..24168560ebaeed9a50b80242b29d6f4a49acba84 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -3871,7 +3871,7 @@ void nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
 
-	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!msg)
 		return;
 
@@ -3895,7 +3895,7 @@ void nl80211_michael_mic_failure(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, GFP_KERNEL);
+	genlmsg_multicast(msg, 0, nl80211_mlme_mcgrp.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return;
 
  nla_put_failure: