diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
index b4f49ac13334249d2c7ac370249d8db91858a386..b85eb0b830b41d5d894efebb2a3e6fab83ca7552 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_process.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void kfd_process_destroy_delayed(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 	mmdrop(p->mm);
 
 	work = (struct kfd_process_release_work *)
-		kmalloc(sizeof(struct kfd_process_release_work), GFP_KERNEL);
+		kmalloc(sizeof(struct kfd_process_release_work), GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (work) {
 		INIT_WORK((struct work_struct *) work, kfd_process_wq_release);