diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index b4fb6e4886d264f302fc67b8d822cd8bdb5f3f41..54c046783a89e76c9909ee85c83e6be38ada41a7 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -2277,7 +2277,7 @@ static int sctp_setsockopt_events(struct sock *sk, char __user *optval,
 
 		if (asoc && sctp_outq_is_empty(&asoc->outqueue)) {
 			event = sctp_ulpevent_make_sender_dry_event(asoc,
-					GFP_ATOMIC);
+					GFP_USER | __GFP_NOWARN);
 			if (!event)
 				return -ENOMEM;