diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv.c b/drivers/hv/hv.c
index fe96aab9e794fac85b919757c57751bed6cab9c5..b6cacc4cccf22117ab4dd0db90633d5f6def861f 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int hv_synic_alloc(void)
 	int cpu;
 
 	hv_context.hv_numa_map = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpumask) * nr_node_ids,
-					 GFP_ATOMIC);
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (hv_context.hv_numa_map == NULL) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate NUMA map\n");
 		goto err;