diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
index a66f102c6c0138cf9296cb32733354a4401a7fcd..040576dd73bbe352bacdd15f7cffa2817df4f771 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/uart.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ static int nci_uart_default_recv_buf(struct nci_uart *nu, const u8 *data,
 			nu->rx_packet_len = -1;
 			nu->rx_skb = nci_skb_alloc(nu->ndev,
 						   NCI_MAX_PACKET_SIZE,
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
+						   GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!nu->rx_skb)
 				return -ENOMEM;
 		}