diff --git a/net/rds/af_rds.c b/net/rds/af_rds.c
index e7b082ac60fd9128c1e5d0748771287934b40c31..2977137c28eb3608d890bdc55a338dba6d30ef48 100644
--- a/net/rds/af_rds.c
+++ b/net/rds/af_rds.c
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static int rds_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	if (sock->type != SOCK_SEQPACKET || protocol)
 		return -ESOCKTNOSUPPORT;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, AF_RDS, GFP_ATOMIC, &rds_proto, kern);
+	sk = sk_alloc(net, AF_RDS, GFP_KERNEL, &rds_proto, kern);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;