diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index a391a3cfb3fe6ef7c7b065cd9160671d58318ae5..184887af4b9fbbb365480a6e275544c501ae2b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -3119,7 +3119,7 @@ static int raw_cmd_copyin(int cmd, void __user *param,
 	*rcmd = NULL;
 
 loop:
-	ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct floppy_raw_cmd), GFP_USER);
+	ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct floppy_raw_cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	*rcmd = ptr;