diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index b702ba5986dceeb52e3615cb5c05aa6fd175191d..da6886dcac37c8795714a96fe4dcba08132d7281 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ static int efx_ef10_try_update_nic_stats_vf(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 	efx_ef10_get_stat_mask(efx, mask);
 
-	rc = efx_nic_alloc_buffer(efx, &stats_buf, dma_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	rc = efx_nic_alloc_buffer(efx, &stats_buf, dma_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rc) {
 		spin_lock_bh(&efx->stats_lock);
 		return rc;