diff --git a/net/nfc/rawsock.c b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
index 11ac0a17156e57513de11799ccbcadb8dba7b691..2e2f8c6a61fe90579486c553032d14af2a7f0588 100644
--- a/net/nfc/rawsock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/rawsock.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int rawsock_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 
 	sock->ops = &rawsock_ops;
 
-	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_NFC, GFP_KERNEL, nfc_proto->proto);
+	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_NFC, GFP_ATOMIC, nfc_proto->proto);
 	if (!sk)
 		return -ENOMEM;