diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_wrr.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_wrr.c
index fd0d4e09876a6177d167af378ef503f6ca64d6a8..231be7dd547a9cd5fdf1a7742305b85717e99aab 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_wrr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_wrr.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int ip_vs_wrr_init_svc(struct ip_vs_service *svc)
 	/*
 	 *    Allocate the mark variable for WRR scheduling
 	 */
-	mark = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ip_vs_wrr_mark), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	mark = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ip_vs_wrr_mark), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mark == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;