diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 6c42c5d5fafae0ee913facd008d6acac6c050501..7b4d7bbf2c170b82041422e32db1e7ceb7562439 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3245,7 +3245,7 @@ static void addrconf_addr_gen(struct inet6_dev *idev, bool prefix_route)
 			addrconf_add_linklocal(idev, &addr, 0);
 		else if (prefix_route)
 			addrconf_prefix_route(&addr, 64, idev->dev,
-					      0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+					      0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 		break;
 	case IN6_ADDR_GEN_MODE_NONE:
 	default:
@@ -5620,7 +5620,7 @@ static void __ipv6_ifa_notify(int event, struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp)
 		if (!ipv6_addr_any(&ifp->peer_addr))
 			addrconf_prefix_route(&ifp->peer_addr, 128,
 					      ifp->idev->dev, 0, 0,
-					      GFP_KERNEL);
+					      GFP_ATOMIC);
 		break;
 	case RTM_DELADDR:
 		if (ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding)