diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
index c9fd83e8d9477d5599614cceca2315784301789e..43350f56e223d47d2a6363251b2ecfa0fc441d13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/ucan.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static void ucan_read_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 			  up);
 
 	usb_anchor_urb(urb, &up->rx_urbs);
-	ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_KERNEL);
+	ret = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		netdev_err(up->netdev,