diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
index 9cd0d3ef90575adff6103e9e3a7cf544d986fe79..a220794dcdb0c849fdedf782388ef1ccaf63158e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_main.c
@@ -1758,7 +1758,7 @@ static void i40iw_l2param_change(struct i40e_info *ldev, struct i40e_client *cli
 		return;
 
 
-	work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!work)
 		return;