diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/boards/kbl_rt5663_max98927.c b/sound/soc/intel/boards/kbl_rt5663_max98927.c
index 0e6b7e79441ceee7f5392e6bab3058a79053d216..513cc65a77beb214f14909ca40a7b2b31bf5f2ab 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/boards/kbl_rt5663_max98927.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/boards/kbl_rt5663_max98927.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int kabylake_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct skl_machine_pdata *pdata;
 	int ret;
 
-	ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	ctx = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;