diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
index fdc82ad9cc0e402b7f793775baa2d44160c6fca6..ca16476180819bcf9e6560287f93544e72922076 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void ip_vs_protocol_timeout_change(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int flags)
 int *
 ip_vs_create_timeout_table(int *table, int size)
 {
-	return kmemdup(table, size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	return kmemdup(table, size, GFP_KERNEL);
 }