diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c
index ab090a313a5f1c2218ab46072e17f5d8bd54ca90..0588639b899aaa72f6a960e55e504694ab2784c4 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int bfusb_send_frame(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	count = skb->len;
 
 	/* Max HCI frame size seems to be 1511 + 1 */
-	nskb = bt_skb_alloc(count + 32, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	nskb = bt_skb_alloc(count + 32, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!nskb) {
 		BT_ERR("Can't allocate memory for new packet");
 		return -ENOMEM;