diff --git a/net/tls/tls_main.c b/net/tls/tls_main.c
index 523622dc74f8b969113b0435b39f5d0f3d070304..7fab2891ce7f1ce1e725324de22478e93627ee28 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_main.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_main.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ static struct tls_context *create_ctx(struct sock *sk)
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct tls_context *ctx;
 
-	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+	ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return NULL;