diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index fe1ceeea07f1993756a6b9ff0197f93519217a7f..1154398eceaa3597a44102d91f96f1198f35ca03 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int mesh_path_node_copy(struct hlist_node *p, struct mesh_table *newtbl)
 	struct mpath_node *node, *new_node;
 	u32 hash_idx;
 
-	new_node = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mpath_node), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new_node = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mpath_node), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (new_node == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;