diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
index e64969d2a7c5b92854e25c9a9bbd386d7a30faa6..b50b53db37462499cafc46c40a0fe77f7a52095b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ fcloop_fcp_req(struct nvme_fc_local_port *localport,
 	if (!rport->targetport)
 		return -ECONNREFUSED;
 
-	tfcp_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*tfcp_req), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tfcp_req = kzalloc(sizeof(*tfcp_req), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tfcp_req)
 		return -ENOMEM;