diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index f184b0db79d4026418ffa4fbf80bd6b38bdd3d0a..7c62417ccfd78a76937fa7cf7491b5556d5a1603 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
 	struct sk_buff *msg;
 	void *hdr;
 
-	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	msg = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!msg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ int nfc_genl_fw_download_done(struct nfc_dev *dev, const char *firmware_name,
 
 	genlmsg_end(msg, hdr);
 
-	genlmsg_multicast(&nfc_genl_family, msg, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	genlmsg_multicast(&nfc_genl_family, msg, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	return 0;