diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
index ce1336414e0a2eff6ea4273fa21714026b6e6e5f..3f3af5e74a07dd9b23b64a929d1e6e3789b3b614 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ int cxgbi_conn_alloc_pdu(struct iscsi_task *task, u8 opcode)
 	if (task->sc) {
 		task->hdr = (struct iscsi_hdr *)tdata->skb->data;
 	} else {
-		task->hdr = kzalloc(SKB_TX_ISCSI_PDU_HEADER_MAX, GFP_KERNEL);
+		task->hdr = kzalloc(SKB_TX_ISCSI_PDU_HEADER_MAX, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!task->hdr) {
 			__kfree_skb(tdata->skb);
 			tdata->skb = NULL;