diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index f1680995fc490c2a962f4368022f782504ebfcf6..3c20d02aee738c5293a5b449f28ebff596c7232d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(struct net *net, u16 zone, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	struct nf_conn *tmpl;
 
-	tmpl = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nf_conn), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tmpl = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmpl), flags);
 	if (tmpl == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ struct nf_conn *nf_ct_tmpl_alloc(struct net *net, u16 zone, gfp_t flags)
 	if (zone) {
 		struct nf_conntrack_zone *nf_ct_zone;
 
-		nf_ct_zone = nf_ct_ext_add(tmpl, NF_CT_EXT_ZONE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		nf_ct_zone = nf_ct_ext_add(tmpl, NF_CT_EXT_ZONE, flags);
 		if (!nf_ct_zone)
 			goto out_free;
 		nf_ct_zone->id = zone;