diff --git a/arch/s390/pci/pci_clp.c b/arch/s390/pci/pci_clp.c
index 19b2d2a9b43db346a4ac3e308582c7a322c9d01c..eeb7450db18c06b8760cd5e1a577234ebc2c95f7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/pci/pci_clp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/pci/pci_clp.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int clp_get_state(u32 fid, enum zpci_state *state)
 	struct clp_state_data sd = {fid, ZPCI_FN_STATE_RESERVED};
 	int rc;
 
-	rrb = clp_alloc_block(GFP_KERNEL);
+	rrb = clp_alloc_block(GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!rrb)
 		return -ENOMEM;